diff --git a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
index 4f27a497a..af494f49a 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/images/core-image-base.bbappend
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2016 Digi International.
+# Copyright (C) 2016-2022 Digi International.
 #
 
 IMAGE_FEATURES += " \
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ IMAGE_FEATURES:remove = "${@oe.utils.conditional('IS_HEADLESS', 'true', ' splash
 
 CORE_IMAGE_BASE_INSTALL += "dey-examples-digiapix"
 
+# The connectcore demo was removed from 'packagegroup-dey-core' for the
+# 6UL (because of rootfs space limits). Add it here, to install it in the
+# non-graphical core-image-base.
+CORE_IMAGE_BASE_INSTALL:append:ccimx6ul = " connectcore-demo-example"
+
 # SDK features (for toolchains generated from an image with populate_sdk)
 SDKIMAGE_FEATURES ?= "dev-pkgs dbg-pkgs staticdev-pkgs"
 
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 14f3c310b..462e03795 100644
--- a/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-dey/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-dey-core.bb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2012-2017 Digi International.
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2022 Digi International.
 #
 SUMMARY = "Core packagegroup for DEY image"
 
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN} = "\
     ${MACHINE_EXTRA_RDEPENDS} \
 "
 
+# The rootfs in the CC6UL is not big enough for graphic images (QT) and the
+# connectcore demo, so we restrict the demo only for the 'core-image-base'
+RDEPENDS:${PN}:remove:ccimx6ul = "connectcore-demo-example"
+
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN} = "\
     ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-syslog} \
     ${MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS} \