diff --git a/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass b/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
index 0800cfe..e769356 100644
--- a/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
+++ b/classes/obmc-phosphor-image.bbclass
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
         pam-plugin-access \
         ${OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL} \
         ffdc \
+        rsync \
         "
 
 OBMC_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL ?= ""
diff --git a/common/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_%.bbappend b/common/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_%.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e65d1f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/recipes-devtools/rsync/rsync_%.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+EXTRA_OECONF_append += " --disable-largefile --disable-locale --disable-iconv \
+                         --without-included-popt --without-included-zlib"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG = ""