diff --git a/scripts/gen_config.py b/scripts/gen_config.py
index e5755ab358..3de714ec03 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_config.py
+++ b/scripts/gen_config.py
@@ -73,6 +73,11 @@ def load_yaml(fname: str, profile: dict):
                     if not f.get("feed") or not f.get("packages"):
                         die(f"Found bad additional_packages {f}")
                 profile["additional_packages"].extend(new.get(n))
+            elif n in {"include"}:
+                profile["include"].extend(new.get(n))
+            elif n in {"packages_remove"}:
+                profile["packages_remove"].extend(new.get(n))
+
         return profile
 
     if not profile_file.is_file():
@@ -157,11 +162,16 @@ profile = {
     "feeds": {},
     "packages": [],
     "profiles": [],
+    "include": [],
+    "packages_remove": [],
 }
 
 for p in sys.argv[1:]:
     profile = load_yaml(p, profile)
 
+for p in profile.get("include", []):
+    profile = load_yaml(p, profile)
+
 if getenv("GENCONFIG_VERBOSE"):
     print(yaml.dump(profile))
 
@@ -236,6 +246,10 @@ for ap in profile.get("additional_packages"):
 
 config_output += f"{profile.get('diffconfig', '')}"
 
+for package in profile.get("packages_remove", []):
+    print(f"Remove package from .config: {package}")
+    config_output += f"# CONFIG_PACKAGE_{package} is not set\n"
+
 Path(".config").write_text(config_output)
 print("Configuration written to .config")