diff --git a/config/defaults.ini b/config/defaults.ini
index 5210b540..d5cc476a 100644
--- a/config/defaults.ini
+++ b/config/defaults.ini
@@ -304,6 +304,12 @@ regular_users_can_manage_content = false
 #   # Kolibri 0.12.2 User Guide for Admins [document]
 #   5bb37c1832c8489ab2940f31588305f6
 
+[endlesskey]
+# Which Endless Key collections to preload in the image.
+# Must match the name of one of the collections shipped with the Endless Key
+# (ex. artist, explorer, spanish etc).
+collections =
+
 [usb]
 size = 16000000000
 free_space = 1000
diff --git a/hooks/image/51-ek-content-list b/hooks/image/51-ek-content-list
index 7e80bd45..f22f492d 100644
--- a/hooks/image/51-ek-content-list
+++ b/hooks/image/51-ek-content-list
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Populate the Endless Key home directory
 
+if [ -z "${EIB_ENDLESSKEY_COLLECTIONS}" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 if [[ ! "${EIB_FLATPAK_REMOTE_FLATHUB_APPS}" =~ .*"org.endlessos.Key".* ]]; then
   exit 0
 fi
@@ -11,5 +15,10 @@ EK_CHANNELS_FILE="${EIB_TMPDIR}"/ek-channels
 rm -f "${EK_CHANNELS_FILE}"
 collections="${OSTREE_VAR}"/lib/flatpak/app/org.endlessos.Key/current/active/files/share/endless-key/collections/*.json
 for collection in ${collections}; do
-  jq -r '.channels[].id' "${collection}" >> "${EK_CHANNELS_FILE}"
+  # Check if the file basename stripped off of -0001.json is part of the list
+  # of collections to be installed.
+  bn=$(basename ${collection})
+  if [[ "${EIB_ENDLESSKEY_COLLECTIONS}" =~ .*"${bn%-????.json}".* ]] ; then
+    jq -r '.channels[].id' "${collection}" >> "${EK_CHANNELS_FILE}"
+  fi
 done