diff --git a/build/jam/ImageRules b/build/jam/ImageRules
index cc511b5717..40c781a6ab 100644
--- a/build/jam/ImageRules
+++ b/build/jam/ImageRules
@@ -785,6 +785,16 @@ rule AddOptionalHaikuImagePackages packages
 	}
 }
 
+rule SuppressOptionalHaikuImagePackages packages
+{
+	local package ;
+	for package in $(packages) {
+		if ! [ on $(package) return $(HAIKU_OPTIONAL_PACKAGE_SUPPRESSED) ] {
+			HAIKU_OPTIONAL_PACKAGE_SUPPRESSED on $(package) = 1 ;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 rule IsOptionalHaikuImagePackageAdded package
 {
 	if ! [ on $(package) return $(HAIKU_OPTIONAL_PACKAGE_EXISTS) ] {
@@ -792,7 +802,8 @@ rule IsOptionalHaikuImagePackageAdded package
 		HAIKU_EXISTING_OPTIONAL_PACKAGES += $(package) ;
 	}
 
-	if [ on $(package) return $(HAIKU_OPTIONAL_PACKAGE_ADDED) ] {
+	if [ on $(package) return $(HAIKU_OPTIONAL_PACKAGE_ADDED) ] &&
+			! [ on $(package) return $(HAIKU_OPTIONAL_PACKAGE_SUPPRESSED) ] {
 		return 1 ;
 	}
 
diff --git a/build/jam/UserBuildConfig.ReadMe b/build/jam/UserBuildConfig.ReadMe
index 113cfc0c01..f567c0eac9 100644
--- a/build/jam/UserBuildConfig.ReadMe
+++ b/build/jam/UserBuildConfig.ReadMe
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ ExtractArchiveToHaikuImage develop tools
 # via wget (i.e. wget must be installed).
 AddOptionalHaikuImagePackages WonderBrush ;
 
+# Add the optional package WebPositive to the image but don't add its
+# dependent SQLite optional package to the image. WebPositive still needs
+# SQLite to run, this allows you to test a different version of it though.
+AddOptionalHaikuImagePackages WebPositive ;
+SuppressOptionalHaikuImagePackages SQLite ;
+
 # Don't add the libraries built with the alternative gcc version.
 # If the alternative gcc generated directory has been specified via the
 # configure option --alternative-gcc-output-dir, the libraries for the