diff --git a/testing/scripts/build-baseimage b/testing/scripts/build-baseimage
index c2fa40814..257cbfe3a 100755
--- a/testing/scripts/build-baseimage
+++ b/testing/scripts/build-baseimage
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ INC=$INC,gnat,gprbuild,acpid,acpi-support-base,libldns-dev,libunbound-dev
 INC=$INC,dnsutils,libsoup2.4-dev,ca-certificates,unzip,libsystemd-dev
 INC=$INC,python3,python3-setuptools,python3-dev,python3-daemon,python3-venv,
 INC=$INC,apt-transport-https,libjson-c-dev,libxslt1-dev,libapache2-mod-wsgi-py3
-INC=$INC,libxerces-c-dev
+INC=$INC,libxerces-c-dev,rsyslog
 case "$BASEIMGSUITE" in
-bullseye)
-	INC=$INC,libiptc-dev
+buster)
+	INC=$INC,iptables-dev
 	;;
 *)
-	INC=$INC,iptables-dev
+	INC=$INC,libiptc-dev
 	;;
 esac
 case "$BASEIMGSUITE" in
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ bullseye)
 	# package (libboost-regex1.74.0-icu67), which debootstrap can't resolve (#878961)
 	INC=$INC,libboost-regex1.74.0
 	;;
+bookworm)
+	INC=$INC,libahven11-dev,libxmlada-schema12-dev,libgmpada12-dev
+	INC=$INC,libalog8-dev,dbus-user-session
+	# workaround for dependency issue gdb -> libsource-highlight4v5 -> virtual
+	# package (libboost-regex1.74.0-icu67), which debootstrap can't resolve (#878961)
+	INC=$INC,libboost-regex1.74.0
+	;;
 *)
 	echo_warn "Package list for '$BASEIMGSUITE' might has to be updated"
 	;;
@@ -52,7 +59,13 @@ INC=$INC,${SERVICES// /,}
 APT1="libgcrypt20-dev traceroute iptables"
 APT="tmux"
 # additional services to disable
-SERVICES="$SERVICES systemd-timesyncd.service"
+case "$BASEIMGSUITE" in
+bookworm)
+	;;
+*)
+	SERVICES="$SERVICES systemd-timesyncd"
+	;;
+esac
 
 CACHEDIR=$BUILDDIR/cache
 APTCACHE=$LOOPDIR/var/cache/apt/archives