diff --git a/recipes-products/images/qcom-minimal-image.bb b/recipes-products/images/qcom-minimal-image.bb
index d2b418fd..25a849ff 100644
--- a/recipes-products/images/qcom-minimal-image.bb
+++ b/recipes-products/images/qcom-minimal-image.bb
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ EXTRA_USERS_PARAMS = "usermod -p '\$6\$UDMimfYF\$akpHo9mLD4z0vQyKzYxYbsdYxnpUD7B
 
 # Adding kernel-devsrc to provide kernel development support on SDK
 TOOLCHAIN_TARGET_TASK += "kernel-devsrc"
+
+# Add RT tools only if the RT kernel is selected
+CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL += "${@bb.utils.contains_any('PREFERRED_PROVIDER_virtual/kernel', \
+                            'linux-qcom-rt linux-qcom-next-rt', 'rt-tests', '', d)}"
diff --git a/recipes-products/packagegroups/packagegroup-qcom-utilities.bb b/recipes-products/packagegroups/packagegroup-qcom-utilities.bb
index 5698dd4a..74ef09a1 100644
--- a/recipes-products/packagegroups/packagegroup-qcom-utilities.bb
+++ b/recipes-products/packagegroups/packagegroup-qcom-utilities.bb
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ RDEPENDS:${PN}-network-utils = " \
 RDEPENDS:${PN}-profile-utils = " \
     perf \
     powertop \
+    stress-ng \
     sysbench \
     systemd-analyze \
     tiobench \