diff --git a/docker/rsyslog/rsyslog-base/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/rsyslog/rsyslog-base/Dockerfile.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..36da7ad11d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/rsyslog/rsyslog-base/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+FROM {{ namespace }}/{{ image_prefix }}base:{{ tag }}
+LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}" build-date="{{ build_date }}"
+
+{% block rsyslog_base_header %}{% endblock %}
+
+{% import "macros.j2" as macros with context %}
+
+{% set rsyslog_base_packages = [
+    'rsyslog'
+] %}
+
+{{ macros.install_packages(rsyslog_base_packages | customizable("packages")) }}
+
+{% block rsyslog_base_footer %}{% endblock %}
+{% block footer %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/docker/rsyslog/Dockerfile.j2 b/docker/rsyslog/rsyslog/Dockerfile.j2
similarity index 69%
rename from docker/rsyslog/Dockerfile.j2
rename to docker/rsyslog/rsyslog/Dockerfile.j2
index 60d489b1e3..ffc607d69f 100644
--- a/docker/rsyslog/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/docker/rsyslog/rsyslog/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM {{ namespace }}/{{ image_prefix }}base:{{ tag }}
+FROM {{ namespace }}/{{ image_prefix }}rsyslog-base:{{ tag }}
 LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}" build-date="{{ build_date }}"
 
 {% block rsyslog_header %}{% endblock %}
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@ LABEL maintainer="{{ maintainer }}" name="{{ image_name }}" build-date="{{ build
 
 {% if base_distro in ['centos', 'oraclelinux', 'rhel'] %}
     {% set rsyslog_packages = [
-            'rsyslog',
-            'rsyslog-gnutls',
-            'rsyslog-mmjsonparse',
-            'rsyslog-mmnormalize',
+        'rsyslog-gnutls',
+        'rsyslog-mmjsonparse',
+        'rsyslog-mmnormalize'
     ] %}
 {% elif base_distro in ['debian', 'ubuntu'] %}
     {% set rsyslog_packages = [
-            'rsyslog',
-            'rsyslog-gnutls',
+        'rsyslog-gnutls'
     ] %}
 {% endif %}