diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/ESH-INF/config/config.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/ESH-INF/config/config.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35120105b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/ESH-INF/config/config.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<config-description:config-descriptions
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:config-description="http://eclipse.org/smarthome/schemas/config-description/v1.0.0"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://eclipse.org/smarthome/schemas/config-description/v1.0.0
+        http://eclipse.org/smarthome/schemas/config-description-1.0.0.xsd">
+
+    <config-description uri="service:addons">
+        <parameter name="package" type="text" required="true">
+            <label>Package</label>
+            <description>The runtime package to use for this openHAB instance</description>
+            <options>
+                <option value="minimal">Minimal</option>
+                <option value="standard">Standard</option>
+                <option value="standard">Demo</option>
+            </options>
+        </parameter>
+    </config-description>
+
+</config-description:config-descriptions>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/OSGI-INF/featureinstaller.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/OSGI-INF/featureinstaller.xml
index 5fda86828..01470f735 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/OSGI-INF/featureinstaller.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/OSGI-INF/featureinstaller.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@
     http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 
 -->
-<scr:component xmlns:scr="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/scr/v1.1.0" configuration-policy="require" name="org.openhab.addons">
+<scr:component xmlns:scr="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/scr/v1.1.0" configuration-policy="require" modified="modified" name="org.openhab.addons">
    <implementation class="org.openhab.core.karaf.internal.FeatureInstaller"/>
    <reference bind="setFeaturesService" cardinality="1..1" interface="org.apache.karaf.features.FeaturesService" name="FeaturesService" policy="static" unbind="unsetFeaturesService"/>
    <property name="service.pid" type="String" value="org.openhab.addons"/>
+   <property name="service.config.description.uri" type="String" value="service:addons"/>
+   <property name="service.config.label" type="String" value="Package"/>
+   <property name="service.config.category" type="String" value="core"/>
 </scr:component>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/build.properties b/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/build.properties
index 1dac35585..55400e00b 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/build.properties
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/build.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 output.. = target/classes/
 bin.includes = META-INF/,\
                .,\
-               OSGI-INF/
+               OSGI-INF/,\
+               ESH-INF/
 source.. = src/main/java/
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/karaf/internal/FeatureInstaller.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/karaf/internal/FeatureInstaller.java
index f3064f937..99f70592e 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/karaf/internal/FeatureInstaller.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.karaf/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/karaf/internal/FeatureInstaller.java
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
+import org.apache.karaf.features.Feature;
 import org.apache.karaf.features.FeaturesService;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * This service reads addons.cfg and installs listed addons (= Karaf features).
+ * This service reads addons.cfg and installs listed addons (= Karaf features) and the selected package.
  *
  * @author Kai Kreuzer
  */
@@ -25,6 +26,8 @@ public class FeatureInstaller {
 
     public static final String PREFIX = "openhab-";
 
+    public static final String PREFIX_PACKAGE = "package-";
+
     public static final String[] addonTypes = new String[] { "binding", "ui", "persistence", "action", "tts",
             "transformation", "misc" };
 
@@ -41,10 +44,17 @@ public class FeatureInstaller {
     }
 
     protected void activate(final Map<String, Object> config) {
+        modified(config);
+    }
+
+    protected void modified(final Map<String, Object> config) {
         ExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
         scheduler.execute(new Runnable() {
             @Override
             public void run() {
+                installPackage(config);
+
+                // install addons
                 for (String type : addonTypes) {
                     Object install = config.get(type);
                     if (install instanceof String) {
@@ -52,17 +62,46 @@ public class FeatureInstaller {
                     }
                 }
             }
+
         });
     }
 
     private void installFeatures(String type, String install) {
         for (String addon : install.split(",")) {
             String name = PREFIX + type + "-" + addon.trim();
-            try {
-                featuresService.installFeature(name);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                logger.error("Failed installing feature '{}'", name);
-            }
+            installFeature(name);
         }
     }
+
+    private void installFeature(String name) {
+        try {
+            featuresService.installFeature(name);
+            logger.info("Installed '{}'", name);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Failed installing '{}': {}", name, e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void installPackage(final Map<String, Object> config) {
+        Object packageName = config.get("package");
+        String name = PREFIX + PREFIX_PACKAGE + ((String) packageName).trim();
+        installFeature(name);
+
+        // uninstall all other packages
+        try {
+            for (Feature feature : featuresService.listFeatures()) {
+                if (feature.getName().startsWith(PREFIX + PREFIX_PACKAGE) && !feature.getName().equals(name)
+                        && featuresService.isInstalled(feature)) {
+                    try {
+                        featuresService.uninstallFeature(feature.getName());
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        logger.error("Failed uninstalling '{}': {}", feature.getName(), e.getMessage());
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.error("Failed retrieving features: {}", e.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/features/karaf/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/features/karaf/src/main/feature/feature.xml
index e365a6092..0dfe2c9f7 100644
--- a/features/karaf/src/main/feature/feature.xml
+++ b/features/karaf/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
 -->
 <features name="${project.artifactId}-${project.version}" xmlns="http://karaf.apache.org/xmlns/features/v1.0.0">
 
-    <feature name="openhab-runtime-base" description="openHAB Minimal Runtime" version="${project.version}">
+    <feature name="openhab-runtime-base" description="openHAB Runtime Base" version="${project.version}">
         <feature>shk-esh-base</feature>
+        <feature>shk-esh-io-console-karaf</feature>
         <bundle start-level="90">mvn:org.openhab.core/org.openhab.core/${project.version}</bundle>
         <feature dependency="true">shell</feature>
         <bundle prerequisite="true">mvn:org.apache.karaf.shell/org.apache.karaf.shell.core/${dep.karaf.version}</bundle>
@@ -21,13 +22,20 @@
         <bundle>mvn:org.openhab.core/org.openhab.core.karaf/${project.version}</bundle>
     </feature>
 
-    <feature name="openhab-runtime" description="${project.name}" version="${project.version}">
-        <details>${project.description}</details>
-        <feature>shk-esh-io-console-karaf</feature>
+    <feature name="openhab-package-minimal" description="openHAB Minimal Package" version="${project.version}">
+        <feature>openhab-runtime-base</feature>
+        <feature>openhab-dashboard</feature>
+        <feature>openhab-misc-restdocs</feature>
+    </feature>
+
+    <feature name="openhab-package-standard" description="openHAB Standard Package" version="${project.version}">
         <feature>openhab-runtime-base</feature>
         <feature>openhab-dashboard</feature>
         <feature>openhab-misc-restdocs</feature>
         <feature>openhab-misc-certificate</feature>
+        <feature>openhab-ui-paper</feature>
+        <feature>openhab-ui-basic</feature>
+        <feature>openhab-ui-classic</feature>
     </feature>
 
     <feature name="openhab-runtime-compat1x" description="Compatibility layer for openHAB 1 addons" version="${project.version}">