diff --git a/custompios/crowsnest/start_chroot_script b/custompios/crowsnest/start_chroot_script
index 7da29599..e4cec953 100644
--- a/custompios/crowsnest/start_chroot_script
+++ b/custompios/crowsnest/start_chroot_script
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ is_raspbian() {
 get_pkglist() {
     if [[ "$(is_raspbian)" = "1" ]]; then
         CN_BUILD_INSTALL_SH="/home/${BASE_USER}/crowsnest/tools/libs/pkglist-rpi.sh"
-    fi
-    if [[ "$(is_raspbian)" = "0" ]]; then
+        INSTALL_CS="1"
+    else
         CN_BUILD_INSTALL_SH="/home/${BASE_USER}/crowsnest/tools/libs/pkglist-generic.sh"
     fi
 }
diff --git a/tools/install.sh b/tools/install.sh
index 49e76514..2b7a4776 100755
--- a/tools/install.sh
+++ b/tools/install.sh
@@ -49,20 +49,13 @@ main() {
 
     [[ -n "${BASE_USER}" ]] || BASE_USER="${SUDO_USER}"
 
+    [[ -n "${INSTALL_CS}" ]] || INSTALL_CS="$(shallow_cs_dependencies_check)"
 
-    if [[ "$(is_buster)" = "1" ]]; then
+    if [[ "$(is_buster)" = "1" && "${INSTALL_CS}" == "1" ]]; then
         not_supported_msg
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    if [[ "$(is_raspbian)" = "1" ]]; then
-        link_pkglist_rpi
-    fi
-
-    if [[ "$(is_raspbian)" = "0" ]]; then
-        link_pkglist_generic
-    fi
-
     welcome_msg
 
     msg "Running apt-get update first ...\n"
@@ -72,6 +65,12 @@ main() {
         status_msg "Running apt-get update first ..." "1"
     fi
 
+    if [[ "$(is_raspberry_pi)" = "1" && "${INSTALL_CS}" = "1" ]]; then
+        link_pkglist_rpi
+    else
+        link_pkglist_generic
+    fi
+
     source_pkglist_file
     msg "Installing dependencies ...\n"
     if install_dependencies ;then
diff --git a/tools/libs/core.sh b/tools/libs/core.sh
index 796ea1e9..fc1104fe 100755
--- a/tools/libs/core.sh
+++ b/tools/libs/core.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,27 @@ is_raspbian() {
     fi
 }
 
+test_load_module() {
+    if modprobe -n "${1}" &> /dev/null; then
+        echo 1
+    else
+        echo 0
+    fi
+}
+
+shallow_cs_dependencies_check() {
+    # Update the number below if you update SHALLOW_CHECK_PKGLIST
+    SHALLOW_CHECK_PKGLIST="^(libavformat-dev|libavutil-dev|libavcodec-dev|libcamera-dev|libcamera-apps-lite)$"
+    SHALLOW_CHECK_MODULESLIST="bcm2835_codec"
+
+    if [[ $(apt-cache search --names-only "${SHALLOW_CHECK_PKGLIST}") -eq 5
+      && $(test_load_module ${SHALLOW_CHECK_MODULESLIST}) ]]; then
+        echo 1
+    else
+        echo 0
+    fi
+}
+
 link_pkglist_rpi() {
     sudo -u "${BASE_USER}" ln -sf "${SRC_DIR}/libs/pkglist-rpi.sh" "${SRC_DIR}/pkglist.sh" &> /dev/null || return 1
 }