diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 4d4a05e..d2c4355 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ nextcloud_container_image_customizations_enabled: |
       nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_enabled
       or
       nextcloud_container_image_customizations_samba_enabled
+      or
+      nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install | length > 0
     )
   }}
 
@@ -97,12 +99,24 @@ nextcloud_container_image_customizations_enabled: |
 # https://github.com/nextcloud/server/issues/13099
 # Tread wisely!
 nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_enabled: false
-nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_package: "libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra"
+nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_packages: ['libmagickcore-6.q16-6-extra']
 
 # Samba (SMB) support for Windows fileshares can be setup using the toggle below, which
 # installs the smbclient package per the example here https://github.com/nextcloud/docker/blob/master/.examples/dockerfiles/smb/apache/Dockerfile
 # Also see ../../templates/customizations/Dockerfile.j2
 nextcloud_container_image_customizations_samba_enabled: false
+nextcloud_container_image_customizations_samba_packages: ['procps', 'smbclient']
+
+# A list of packages to install in the customized Nextcloud container image.
+# To add your own, use `nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install_custom`
+nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install: "{{ (nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install_auto + nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install_custom) | unique }}"
+nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install_auto: |
+  {{
+    (nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_packages if nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_enabled else [])
+    +
+    (nextcloud_container_image_customizations_samba_packages if nextcloud_container_image_customizations_samba_enabled else [])
+  }}
+nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install_custom: []
 
 # nextcloud_container_image_customizations_dockerfile_body_custom contains your custom Dockerfile steps
 # for building your customized Nextcloud image based on the original (upstream) image (`nextcloud_container_image`).
diff --git a/tasks/validate_config.yml b/tasks/validate_config.yml
index 4425ac3..48ade02 100644
--- a/tasks/validate_config.yml
+++ b/tasks/validate_config.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@
     - nextcloud_database_username
     - nextcloud_database_password
 
+- name: (Deprecation) Catch and report renamed Nextcloud variables
+  ansible.builtin.fail:
+    msg: >-
+      Your configuration contains a variable, which now has a different name.
+      Please change your configuration to rename the variable (`{{ item.old }}` -> `{{ item.new }}`).
+  when: "vars | dict2items | selectattr('key', 'match', item.old) | list | items2dict"
+  with_items:
+    - {'old': 'nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_package', 'new': '<superseded by nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_packages>'}
+
 - when: nextcloud_container_labels_traefik_enabled | bool
   block:
     - name: Fail if required Nextcloud Traefik settings not defined
diff --git a/templates/customizations/Dockerfile.j2 b/templates/customizations/Dockerfile.j2
index a57ff36..60f14e1 100644
--- a/templates/customizations/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/templates/customizations/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
 FROM {{ nextcloud_container_image }}
 
-{% set packages_to_install = [] %}
-
-{% if nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_enabled %}
-{% set packages_to_install = packages_to_install + [nextcloud_container_image_customizations_php_imageick_installation_package] %}
-{% endif %}
-
-{% if nextcloud_container_image_customizations_samba_enabled %}
-{% set packages_to_install = packages_to_install + ['procps', 'smbclient'] %}
-{% endif %}
-
-{% if packages_to_install | length > 0 %}                                                                          
-RUN apt -y update && apt -y install {{ packages_to_install | join(' ') }} && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*                                                                                                          
+{% if nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install | length > 0 %}
+RUN apt -y update && apt -y install {{ nextcloud_container_image_customizations_packages_to_install | join(' ') }} && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 {% endif %}
 
 {{ nextcloud_container_image_customizations_dockerfile_body_custom }}