diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/.config b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/01_create.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/01_create.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e2c21f27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/01_create.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+. ../../common.sh
+
+mkdir -p $DEST_DIR/etc
+echo 'root::0:0:Superuser:/:/bin/sh' > $DEST_DIR/etc/passwd
+
+cd $SRC_DIR
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/02_install.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/02_install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..76f139c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/02_install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+. ../../common.sh
+
+# With '--remove-destination' all possibly existing soft links in
+# '$OVERLAY_ROOTFS' will be overwritten correctly.
+cp -r --remove-destination $DEST_DIR/* \
+  $OVERLAY_ROOTFS
+
+echo "Bundle '$BUNDLE_NAME' has been installed."
+
+cd $SRC_DIR
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/bundle.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/bundle.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6de9d4e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/passwd/bundle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+. ../../common.sh
+
+./01_create.sh
+./02_install.sh
+
+cd $SRC_DIR