diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
index 7ce9d66da..5d1c1b346 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RDEPENDS ?= ""
 MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS ?= ""
 
 # Distro can override the following VIRTUAL-RUNTIME providers:
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils ?= "busybox"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-acpid ?= "busybox-acpid"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-hwclock ?= "busybox-hwclock"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-syslog ?= "busybox-syslog"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager ?= "udev"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager ?= "sysvinit"
 VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts ?= "initscripts"
@@ -29,11 +33,9 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
     awsiotsdk-c \
     base-files \
     base-passwd \
-    busybox \
-    busybox-acpid \
     cloudconnector \
     ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "keyboard", "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_keymaps}", "", d)} \
-    ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "rtc", "busybox-hwclock", "", d)} \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "rtc", "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-hwclock}", "", d)} \
     ${@bb.utils.contains("MACHINE_FEATURES", "touchscreen", "${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_touchscreen}", "",d)} \
     init-ifupdown \
     libdigiapix \
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
     recovery-utils \
     sysinfo \
     usbutils \
+    ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils} \
+    ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-acpid} \
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_dev_manager} \
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager} \
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts} \
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
 "
 
 RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\
-    busybox-syslog \
+    ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-syslog} \
     ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \
     ${MACHINE_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \
 "