diff --git a/conf.d/live.mk b/conf.d/live.mk
index d197e44c..e49a3c70 100644
--- a/conf.d/live.mk
+++ b/conf.d/live.mk
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@ distro/.live-kiosk: distro/.base use/live/base use/live/autologin \
 	@$(call add,LIVE_PACKAGES,fonts-ttf-dejavu)
 	@$(call add,CLEANUP_PACKAGES,'alterator*' 'guile*' 'vim-common')
 
-distro/live-builder: pkgs := livecd-tmpfs livecd-online-repo mkimage-profiles
-distro/live-builder: distro/.live-base use/dev/mkimage use/dev \
+distro/live-builder-mini: distro/.live-base use/dev/mkimage use/dev \
 	use/syslinux/timeout/30
 	@$(call set,KFLAVOURS,$(BIGRAM))
-	@$(call add,LIVE_LISTS,$(call tags,base && (server || builder)))
+	@$(call add,LIVE_LISTS,\
+		$(call tags,(base || live) && (server || builder)))
 	@$(call add,LIVE_PACKAGES,livecd-qemu-arch strace)
 	@$(call add,LIVE_PACKAGES,qemu-user-binfmt_misc)
 	@$(call add,LIVE_PACKAGES,zsh sudo)
-	@$(call add,LIVE_PACKAGES,$(pkgs))
+
+distro/live-builder: distro/live-builder-mini use/dev/repo
+	@$(call add,MAIN_LISTS,$(call tags,live builder))
+	@$(call add,MAIN_PACKAGES,syslinux pciids memtest86+ mkisofs)
 
 distro/live-install: distro/.live-base use/live/textinstall; @:
 distro/.livecd-install: distro/.live-base use/live/install; @:
diff --git a/pkg.in/lists/tagged/live+builder b/pkg.in/lists/tagged/live+builder
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b51cee33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg.in/lists/tagged/live+builder
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+livecd-tmpfs
+livecd-online-repo
+mkimage-profiles