diff --git a/tools/templates/core_pkg/base/metadir/+MANIFEST b/tools/templates/core_pkg/base/metadir/+MANIFEST
index 131620e218..7526bdc2f7 100644
--- a/tools/templates/core_pkg/base/metadir/+MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/templates/core_pkg/base/metadir/+MANIFEST
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ comment: <<EOD
 EOD
 maintainer: development@pfsense.org
 prefix: /usr/local
+vital: true
 deps: {
 "%%PRODUCT_NAME%%-rc": {origin: "security/%%PRODUCT_NAME%%-rc", version: "%%VERSION%%"},
 }
diff --git a/tools/templates/core_pkg/kernel/metadir/+MANIFEST b/tools/templates/core_pkg/kernel/metadir/+MANIFEST
index fd40278c65..9627b929dc 100644
--- a/tools/templates/core_pkg/kernel/metadir/+MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/templates/core_pkg/kernel/metadir/+MANIFEST
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ comment: <<EOD
 EOD
 maintainer: development@pfsense.org
 prefix: /
+vital: true
 deps: {
 "%%PRODUCT_NAME%%-rc": {origin: "security/%%PRODUCT_NAME%%-rc", version: "%%VERSION%%"}
 }
diff --git a/tools/templates/core_pkg/rc/metadir/+MANIFEST b/tools/templates/core_pkg/rc/metadir/+MANIFEST
index 163361f6a0..659c63488f 100644
--- a/tools/templates/core_pkg/rc/metadir/+MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/templates/core_pkg/rc/metadir/+MANIFEST
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ comment: <<EOD
 EOD
 maintainer: development@pfsense.org
 prefix: /
+vital: true
 deps: {
 
 }
diff --git a/tools/templates/core_pkg/u-boot/metadir/+MANIFEST b/tools/templates/core_pkg/u-boot/metadir/+MANIFEST
index 29a9935cbf..5bc7532e73 100644
--- a/tools/templates/core_pkg/u-boot/metadir/+MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/templates/core_pkg/u-boot/metadir/+MANIFEST
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ comment: <<EOD
 EOD
 maintainer: development@pfsense.org
 prefix: /
+vital: true
 deps: {
 "%%PRODUCT_NAME%%-rc": {origin: "security/%%PRODUCT_NAME%%-rc", version: "%%VERSION%%"}
 }