diff --git a/bkr-runtest/gen_job_xml b/bkr-runtest/gen_job_xml
index 27928b6b..5fb494c8 100755
--- a/bkr-runtest/gen_job_xml
+++ b/bkr-runtest/gen_job_xml
@@ -379,6 +379,23 @@ if {$harness in {r re res rest restr restra restrai restrain restraint rst}} {
 }
 
 if [info exist Opt(ks-meta)] { append recipe_ks_meta " " {*}$Opt(ks-meta) }
+set ksAppend {}
+if [info exist Opt(ks-pkgs)] {
+	append ksAppend "\n%packages --ignoremissing"
+	foreach ks $Opt(ks-pkgs) { append ksAppend "\n[string map {" " "\n"} $ks]" }
+	append ksAppend "\n%end"
+}
+if [info exist Opt(ks-append)] { foreach ks $Opt(ks-append) { append ksAppend "\n$ks" } }
+if [info exist Opt(ks-post)] {
+	append ksAppend "\n%post"
+	foreach ks $Opt(ks-post) { append ksAppend "\n$ks" }
+	append ksAppend "\n%end"
+}
+if [info exist Opt(ks-pre)] {
+	append ksAppend "\n%pre"
+	foreach ks $Opt(ks-pre) { append ksAppend "\n$ks" }
+	append ksAppend "\n%end"
+}
 
 #https://projects.engineering.redhat.com/browse/BKR-4998
 append recipe_ks_meta " disabled_root_access"
@@ -774,11 +791,9 @@ job retention_tag=$retentionTag $productkv user=$jobOwner $jobCtl {
 						}
 					}
 
-					if [info exist Opt(ks-append)] {
-						foreach ks $Opt(ks-append) {
-							ks_append ! {
-								puts "<!\[CDATA\[\n$ks\]\]>"
-							}
+					if {$ksAppend != ""} {
+						ks_append ! {
+							puts "<!\[CDATA\[\n$ksAppend\]\]>"
 						}
 					}
 
diff --git a/share/common-options.tcl b/share/common-options.tcl
index 72fd9d18..63320b16 100644
--- a/share/common-options.tcl
+++ b/share/common-options.tcl
@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ set CommonOptionList {
 	{part partition}	{arg m	help {Additional <partitions/> for job, example: --part='fs=xfs name=/mnt/xfs size=10 type=part'}}
 	method			{arg y	help {Installation source method (nfs, http, ftp)}}
 	ks-meta			{arg m  help {Pass kickstart metadata OPTIONS when generating kickstart}}
-	ks-append		{arg m	help {Specify additional kickstart commands to add to the base kickstart file}}
+	ks-append		{arg m	help {append additional fragment to the base kickstart file}}
 	ks			{link ks-append hide y}
+	ks-pkgs			{arg m	help {append additional packages to %packages section in base kickstart file}}
+	ks-post			{arg m	help {append additional commands to %post section in the base kickstart file}}
+	ks-pre			{arg m	help {append additional commands to %pre section in the base kickstart file}}
 	ksf			{arg y	help {Similar to --ks-append, but pass the content of a specified file}}
 	{k-opts kernel-options}	{arg m	help {Pass OPTIONS to kernel during installation}}
 	{k-opts-post kernel-options-post}	{arg m	help {Pass OPTIONS to kernel after installation}}