diff --git a/training/Makefile.common b/training/Makefile.common
index b7ff2936..bdbb67e5 100644
--- a/training/Makefile.common
+++ b/training/Makefile.common
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ IMAGE_TAG ?= latest
 
 CONTAINER_TOOL ?= podman
 CONTAINER_TOOL_EXTRA_ARGS ?=
+EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES ?=
 
 ARCH ?=
 
diff --git a/training/amd-bootc/Containerfile b/training/amd-bootc/Containerfile
index caeef2e0..cbc3c013 100644
--- a/training/amd-bootc/Containerfile
+++ b/training/amd-bootc/Containerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ FROM quay.io/centos-bootc/centos-bootc:stream9
 
 ADD rocm.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/rocm.repo
 
-RUN dnf install -y rocm-smi && dnf clean all
+ARG EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES=''
+RUN dnf install -y \
+  rocm-smi \
+  ${EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES} \
+  && dnf clean all
 
 ARG INSTRUCTLAB_IMAGE="quay.io/ai-lab/instructlab-amd:latest"
 
diff --git a/training/amd-bootc/Makefile b/training/amd-bootc/Makefile
index a320ba25..66f6e4a4 100644
--- a/training/amd-bootc/Makefile
+++ b/training/amd-bootc/Makefile
@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ bootc: prepare-files
 		--tag "${REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_ORG}/${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}" \
 		--build-arg "INSTRUCTLAB_IMAGE=$(INSTRUCTLAB_IMAGE)" \
 		--build-arg "INSTRUCTLAB_IMAGE_ID=$(INSTRUCTLAB_IMAGE_ID)" \
+		$(EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES:%=--build-arg EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES=%) \
 		$(FROM:%=--from=%) \
 		${CONTAINER_TOOL_EXTRA_ARGS} .
diff --git a/training/intel-bootc/Containerfile b/training/intel-bootc/Containerfile
index df1a45ee..b2179ae3 100644
--- a/training/intel-bootc/Containerfile
+++ b/training/intel-bootc/Containerfile
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ RUN if [ "${OS_VERSION_MAJOR}" == "" ]; then \
 FROM ${BASEIMAGE}
 
 ARG KERNEL_VERSION=''
+ARG EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES=''
 
 COPY --from=builder --chown=0:0 /tmp/habanalabs/lib/firmware/habanalabs/gaudi /lib/firmware/habanalabs/gaudi
 COPY --from=builder --chown=0:0 /tmp/habanalabs/lib/firmware/habanalabs/gaudi2 /lib/firmware/habanalabs/gaudi2
@@ -65,4 +66,6 @@ RUN if [ "${KERNEL_VERSION}" == "" ]; then \
     && mkdir -p /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}.${TARGET_ARCH}/extra/ \
     && mv /tmp/*.xz /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}.${TARGET_ARCH}/extra/ \
     && chown root:root /lib/modules/${KERNEL_VERSION}.${TARGET_ARCH}/extra/habanalabs*.xz \
-    && depmod -a ${KERNEL_VERSION}.${TARGET_ARCH}
+    && depmod -a ${KERNEL_VERSION}.${TARGET_ARCH} \
+    && xargs --no-run-if-empty dnf install -y <<< "${EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES}" \
+    && dnf clean all
diff --git a/training/intel-bootc/Makefile b/training/intel-bootc/Makefile
index a01af317..411ee707 100644
--- a/training/intel-bootc/Makefile
+++ b/training/intel-bootc/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ bootc:
 		--file Containerfile \
 		--tag "${REGISTRY}/${REGISTRY_ORG}/${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}" \
 		-v ${OUTDIR}:/run/.input:ro \
+		$(EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES:%=--build-arg EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES=%) \
 		$(FROM:%=--build-arg BASEIMAGE=%) \
 		$(DRIVER_VERSION:%=--build-arg DRIVER_VERSION=%) \
 		$(KERNEL_VERSION:%=--build-arg KERNEL_VERSION=%) \
diff --git a/training/nvidia-bootc/Containerfile b/training/nvidia-bootc/Containerfile
index 9375440b..d43bc002 100644
--- a/training/nvidia-bootc/Containerfile
+++ b/training/nvidia-bootc/Containerfile
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ ARG CUDA_VERSION='12.3.2'
 ARG TARGET_ARCH=''
 ENV TARGETARCH=${TARGET_ARCH}
 
+ARG EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES=''
+
 # Disable vGPU version compability check by default
 ARG DISABLE_VGPU_VERSION_CHECK=true
 ENV DISABLE_VGPU_VERSION_CHECK=$DISABLE_VGPU_VERSION_CHECK
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ RUN if [ "${TARGET_ARCH}" == "" ]; then \
         cuda-cudart-${CUDA_DASHED_VERSION} \
         nvidia-persistenced-${DRIVER_VERSION} \
         nvidia-container-toolkit \
+        ${EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES} \
     && if [ "$DRIVER_TYPE" != "vgpu" ] && [ "$TARGET_ARCH" != "arm64" ]; then \
         versionArray=(${DRIVER_VERSION//./ }); \
         DRIVER_BRANCH=${versionArray[0]}; \
diff --git a/training/nvidia-bootc/Makefile b/training/nvidia-bootc/Makefile
index 352e5a57..3ff13afd 100644
--- a/training/nvidia-bootc/Makefile
+++ b/training/nvidia-bootc/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ bootc: dtk check-sshkey prepare-files
 		$(KERNEL_VERSION:%=--build-arg KERNEL_VERSION=%) \
 		$(OS_VERSION_MAJOR:%=--build-arg OS_VERSION_MAJOR=%) \
 		$(FROM:%=--build-arg BASEIMAGE=%) \
+		$(EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES:%=--build-arg EXTRA_RPM_PACKAGES=%) \
 		--build-arg DRIVER_TOOLKIT_IMAGE=${DRIVER_TOOLKIT_IMAGE} \
 		$(DRIVER_VERSION:%=--label driver-version=%) \
 		$(DRIVER_VERSION:%=--build-arg DRIVER_VERSION=%) \