diff --git a/internal/blueprint/blueprint_test.go b/internal/blueprint/blueprint_test.go
index cc5db3f43..1ed0ab0a2 100644
--- a/internal/blueprint/blueprint_test.go
+++ b/internal/blueprint/blueprint_test.go
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func TestFilenameFromType(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:  "tar",
 			args:  args{"tar"},
-			want:  "image.tar",
+			want:  "root.tar.xz",
 			want1: "application/x-tar",
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/internal/blueprint/f30_helpers.go b/internal/blueprint/f30_helpers.go
index d0906648c..e53a8059e 100644
--- a/internal/blueprint/f30_helpers.go
+++ b/internal/blueprint/f30_helpers.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func addF30QemuAssembler(p *pipeline.Pipeline, format string, filename string) {
 		})
 }
 
-func addF30TarAssembler(p *pipeline.Pipeline, filename string) {
+func addF30TarAssembler(p *pipeline.Pipeline, filename, compression string) {
 	p.Assembler = pipeline.NewTarAssembler(
 		&pipeline.TarAssemblerOptions{
 			Filename: filename,
diff --git a/internal/blueprint/tar_output.go b/internal/blueprint/tar_output.go
index f5ffb8e5f..352fd62ee 100644
--- a/internal/blueprint/tar_output.go
+++ b/internal/blueprint/tar_output.go
@@ -5,14 +5,28 @@ import "github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/pipeline"
 type tarOutput struct{}
 
 func (t *tarOutput) translate(b *Blueprint) *pipeline.Pipeline {
-	p := getF30Pipeline()
+	packages := [...]string{
+		"policycoreutils",
+		"selinux-policy-targeted",
+		"kernel",
+		"firewalld",
+		"chrony",
+		"langpacks-en",
+	}
+	excludedPackages := [...]string{
+		"dracut-config-rescue",
+	}
+	p := getCustomF30PackageSet(packages[:], excludedPackages[:])
+	addF30LocaleStage(p)
+	addF30GRUB2Stage(p, b.getKernelCustomization())
+	addF30FixBlsStage(p)
 	addF30SELinuxStage(p)
-	addF30TarAssembler(p, t.getName())
+	addF30TarAssembler(p, t.getName(), "xz")
 	return p
 }
 
 func (t *tarOutput) getName() string {
-	return "image.tar"
+	return "root.tar.xz"
 }
 
 func (t *tarOutput) getMime() string {
diff --git a/internal/jobqueue/api_test.go b/internal/jobqueue/api_test.go
index 100ec5929..c50c4d508 100644
--- a/internal/jobqueue/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/jobqueue/api_test.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	store.PushCompose(id, &blueprint.Blueprint{}, "tar")
 
 	testRoute(t, api, "POST", "/job-queue/v1/jobs", `{}`, http.StatusCreated,
-		`{"id":"ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff","pipeline":{"build":{"stages":[{"name":"org.osbuild.dnf","options":{"repos":[{"metalink":"https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever\u0026arch=$basearch","gpgkey":"-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n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\n=BfZ/\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n","checksum":"sha256:9f596e18f585bee30ac41c11fb11a83ed6b11d5b341c1cb56ca4015d7717cb97"}],"packages":["dnf","e2fsprogs","policycoreutils","qemu-img","systemd","grub2-pc","tar"],"releasever":"30","basearch":"x86_64"}}]},"stages":[{"name":"org.osbuild.dnf","options":{"repos":[{"metalink":"https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever\u0026arch=$basearch","gpgkey":"-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n\nmQINBFturGcBEACv0xBo91V2n0uEC2vh69ywCiSyvUgN/AQH8EZpCVtM7NyjKgKm\nbbY4G3R0M3ir1xXmvUDvK0493/qOiFrjkplvzXFTGpPTi0ypqGgxc5d0ohRA1M75\nL+0AIlXoOgHQ358/c4uO8X0JAA1NYxCkAW1KSJgFJ3RjukrfqSHWthS1d4o8fhHy\nKJKEnirE5hHqB50dafXrBfgZdaOs3C6ppRIePFe2o4vUEapMTCHFw0woQR8Ah4/R\nn7Z9G9Ln+0Cinmy0nbIDiZJ+pgLAXCOWBfDUzcOjDGKvcpoZharA07c0q1/5ojzO\n4F0Fh4g/BUmtrASwHfcIbjHyCSr1j/3Iz883iy07gJY5Yhiuaqmp0o0f9fgHkG53\n2xCU1owmACqaIBNQMukvXRDtB2GJMuKa/asTZDP6R5re+iXs7+s9ohcRRAKGyAyc\nYKIQKcaA+6M8T7/G+TPHZX6HJWqJJiYB+EC2ERblpvq9TPlLguEWcmvjbVc31nyq\nSDoO3ncFWKFmVsbQPTbP+pKUmlLfJwtb5XqxNR5GEXSwVv4I7IqBmJz1MmRafnBZ\ng0FJUtH668GnldO20XbnSVBr820F5SISMXVwCXDXEvGwwiB8Lt8PvqzXnGIFDAu3\nDlQI5sxSqpPVWSyw08ppKT2Tpmy8adiBotLfaCFl2VTHwOae48X2dMPBvQARAQAB\ntDFGZWRvcmEgKDMwKSA8ZmVkb3JhLTMwLXByaW1hcnlAZmVkb3JhcHJvamVjdC5v\ncmc+iQI4BBMBAgAiBQJbbqxnAhsPBgsJCAcDAgYVCAIJCgsEFgIDAQIeAQIXgAAK\nCRDvPBEfz8ZZudTnD/9170LL3nyTVUCFmBjT9wZ4gYnpwtKVPa/pKnxbbS+Bmmac\ng9TrT9pZbqOHrNJLiZ3Zx1Hp+8uxr3Lo6kbYwImLhkOEDrf4aP17HfQ6VYFbQZI8\nf79OFxWJ7si9+3gfzeh9UYFEqOQfzIjLWFyfnas0OnV/P+RMQ1Zr+vPRqO7AR2va\nN9wg+Xl7157dhXPCGYnGMNSoxCbpRs0JNlzvJMuAea5nTTznRaJZtK/xKsqLn51D\nK07k9MHVFXakOH8QtMCUglbwfTfIpO5YRq5imxlWbqsYWVQy1WGJFyW6hWC0+RcJ\nOx5zGtOfi4/dN+xJ+ibnbyvy/il7Qm+vyFhCYqIPyS5m2UVJUuao3eApE38k78/o\n8aQOTnFQZ+U1Sw+6woFTxjqRQBXlQm2+7Bt3bqGATg4sXXWPbmwdL87Ic+mxn/ml\nSMfQux/5k6iAu1kQhwkO2YJn9eII6HIPkW+2m5N1JsUyJQe4cbtZE5Yh3TRA0dm7\n+zoBRfCXkOW4krchbgww/ptVmzMMP7GINJdROrJnsGl5FVeid9qHzV7aZycWSma7\nCxBYB1J8HCbty5NjtD6XMYRrMLxXugvX6Q4NPPH+2NKjzX4SIDejS6JjgrP3KA3O\npMuo7ZHMfveBngv8yP+ZD/1sS6l+dfExvdaJdOdgFCnp4p3gPbw5+Lv70HrMjA==\n=BfZ/\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n","checksum":"sha256:9f596e18f585bee30ac41c11fb11a83ed6b11d5b341c1cb56ca4015d7717cb97"}],"packages":["@Core","chrony","kernel","selinux-policy-targeted","grub2-pc","spice-vdagent","qemu-guest-agent","xen-libs","langpacks-en"],"releasever":"30","basearch":"x86_64"}},{"name":"org.osbuild.fix-bls","options":{}},{"name":"org.osbuild.locale","options":{"language":"en_US"}},{"name":"org.osbuild.selinux","options":{"file_contexts":"etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts"}}],"assembler":{"name":"org.osbuild.tar","options":{"filename":"image.tar"}}},"targets":[{"name":"org.osbuild.local","options":{"location":"/var/lib/osbuild-composer/outputs/ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff"}}]}`)
+		`{"id":"ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff","pipeline":{"build":{"stages":[{"name":"org.osbuild.dnf","options":{"repos":[{"metalink":"https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch","gpgkey":"-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n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\n=BfZ/\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n","checksum":"sha256:9f596e18f585bee30ac41c11fb11a83ed6b11d5b341c1cb56ca4015d7717cb97"}],"packages":["dnf","e2fsprogs","policycoreutils","qemu-img","systemd","grub2-pc","tar"],"releasever":"30","basearch":"x86_64"}}]},"stages":[{"name":"org.osbuild.dnf","options":{"repos":[{"metalink":"https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=fedora-$releasever&arch=$basearch","gpgkey":"-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n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\n=BfZ/\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n","checksum":"sha256:9f596e18f585bee30ac41c11fb11a83ed6b11d5b341c1cb56ca4015d7717cb97"}],"packages":["policycoreutils","selinux-policy-targeted","kernel","firewalld","chrony","langpacks-en"],"exclude_packages":["dracut-config-rescue"],"releasever":"30","basearch":"x86_64"}},{"name":"org.osbuild.locale","options":{"language":"en_US"}},{"name":"org.osbuild.grub2","options":{"root_fs_uuid":"76a22bf4-f153-4541-b6c7-0332c0dfaeac","boot_fs_uuid":"00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000","kernel_opts":"ro biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0"}},{"name":"org.osbuild.fix-bls","options":{}},{"name":"org.osbuild.selinux","options":{"file_contexts":"etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts"}}],"assembler":{"name":"org.osbuild.tar","options":{"filename":"root.tar.xz"}}},"targets":[{"name":"org.osbuild.local","options":{"location":"/var/lib/osbuild-composer/outputs/ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff"}}]}`)
 }
 
 func testUpdateTransition(t *testing.T, from, to string, expectedStatus int) {
diff --git a/tools/test_image_info/pipelines/tar_empty_blueprint.json b/tools/test_image_info/pipelines/tar_empty_blueprint.json
index 10ed3b212..c0cfbc9bb 100644
--- a/tools/test_image_info/pipelines/tar_empty_blueprint.json
+++ b/tools/test_image_info/pipelines/tar_empty_blueprint.json
@@ -43,30 +43,38 @@
             }
           ],
           "packages": [
-            "@Core",
-            "chrony",
-            "kernel",
+            "policycoreutils",
             "selinux-policy-targeted",
-            "grub2-pc",
-            "spice-vdagent",
-            "qemu-guest-agent",
-            "xen-libs",
+            "kernel",
+            "firewalld",
+            "chrony",
             "langpacks-en"
           ],
+          "exclude_packages": [
+            "dracut-config-rescue"
+          ],
           "releasever": "30",
           "basearch": "x86_64"
         }
       },
-      {
-        "name": "org.osbuild.fix-bls",
-        "options": {}
-      },
       {
         "name": "org.osbuild.locale",
         "options": {
           "language": "en_US"
         }
       },
+      {
+        "name": "org.osbuild.grub2",
+        "options": {
+          "root_fs_uuid": "76a22bf4-f153-4541-b6c7-0332c0dfaeac",
+          "boot_fs_uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
+          "kernel_opts": "ro biosdevname=0 net.ifnames=0"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "org.osbuild.fix-bls",
+        "options": {}
+      },
       {
         "name": "org.osbuild.selinux",
         "options": {
@@ -77,7 +85,7 @@
     "assembler": {
       "name": "org.osbuild.tar",
       "options": {
-        "filename": "image.tar"
+        "filename": "root.tar.xz"
       }
     }
   }