diff --git a/features.in/repo/config.mk b/features.in/repo/config.mk
index 865b0401..ddcf1e02 100644
--- a/features.in/repo/config.mk
+++ b/features.in/repo/config.mk
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 use/repo:
 	@$(call add_feature)
 	@$(call add,STAGE1_PACKAGES,gnupg)
+	@$(call xport,ROOTFS_MAIN)
 
-use/repo/main: sub/main use/repo; @:
+use/repo/main:: sub/main use/repo; @:
+
+ifeq (vm,$(IMAGE_CLASS))
+use/repo/main::
+	@$(call set,ROOTFS_MAIN,1)
+	@$(call add,THE_PACKAGES,apt-repo-tools)
+endif
 
 use/repo/addon: use/repo/main
 	@$(call set,MAIN_SUFFIX,addon)
diff --git a/features.in/repo/rootfs/image-scripts.d/01-genbasedir-rootfs b/features.in/repo/rootfs/image-scripts.d/01-genbasedir-rootfs
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..12e53e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features.in/repo/rootfs/image-scripts.d/01-genbasedir-rootfs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh -eu
+
+[ -n "$GLOBAL_ROOTFS_MAIN" ] || exit 0
+
+mv /ALTLinux /srv/ALT
+
+PREFIX=/srv/ALT
+cd "$PREFIX"
+
+COMPS="$(find -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d -name 'RPMS.*' -printf '%f\n' |
+	sed 's/^RPMS\.//')"
+
+[ -z "$GLOBAL_VERBOSE" ] || echo "** COMPS=$COMPS" >&2
+[ -n "$COMPS" ] || exit 1
+
+for comp in $COMPS; do
+	for f in RPMS.$comp/*rpm; do
+		[ "$f" = "RPMS.$comp/$(rpm -qp $f).rpm" ] || mv $f RPMS.$comp/$(rpm -qp $f).rpm
+	done
+done
+
+genbasedir \
+	--topdir="/" \
+	--no-oldhashfile \
+	--partial \
+	--xz \
+	--bz2 \
+	--create \
+	--notautomatic=false \
+	$PREFIX $COMPS
+
+### drop this when genbasedir is fixed (--no-uncompressed)
+for c in $COMPS; do rm -f base/{pkg,src}list.$c; done
diff --git a/features.in/repo/rootfs/image-scripts.d/80-repo-rootfs-main b/features.in/repo/rootfs/image-scripts.d/80-repo-rootfs-main
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dede61a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/features.in/repo/rootfs/image-scripts.d/80-repo-rootfs-main
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh -efu
+# configure package repository of the image (provided by sub/main);
+# this script will be run iff both live and repo features are used
+
+[ -n "$GLOBAL_ROOTFS_MAIN" ] || exit 0
+
+DIR=/etc/apt/sources.list.d
+
+mkdir -p $DIR && {
+	echo "# for real stuff you'll need full repo, see apt-repo"
+	echo "rpm file:/srv/ ALT main"
+} > $DIR/main.list