diff --git a/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bbappend b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bbappend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78b78e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-phosphor/common/recipes-core/packagegroups/packagegroup-core-tools-profile.bbappend
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+RDEPENDS_${PN}_remove = " \
+              lttng-tools \
+              lttng-ust \
+              lttng-modules \
+              powertop \
+              latencytop \
+              "
+
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN}_remove = " \
+                 perf \
+                 trace-cmd \
+                 "
diff --git a/meta-phosphor/conf/layer.conf b/meta-phosphor/conf/layer.conf
index ffccec0..ab0b736 100644
--- a/meta-phosphor/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/meta-phosphor/conf/layer.conf
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@
 
 # Provide a variable that points the base of the phosphor layer.
 PHOSPHORBASE = '${@os.path.normpath("${LAYERDIR}/")}'
+
+IMAGE_FEATURES[validitems] += "tools-profile"
+