diff --git a/doc/user_manual.md b/doc/user_manual.md
index 847f4b07..89c3a293 100644
--- a/doc/user_manual.md
+++ b/doc/user_manual.md
@@ -769,6 +769,20 @@ inherit image
 
 ```
 
+If the resulting image should not ship apt sources used during the build but custom ones (e.g. for end-users to point
+to an external or simply different server when they "apt-get update", custom list files may be listed in `SRC_URI`:
+Isar will copy them to `/etc/apt/sources.list.d/` and omit bootstrap sources. Possible use-cases:
+
+ * image built from base-apt (which is by definition local to the build host)
+
+ * image built from an internal mirror, not reachable by devices running the produced image
+
+ * ship template list files for the end-user to edit (e.g. letting him uncomment `deb` or `deb-src` entries)
+
+It should be noted that Isar will not validate or even load supplied list files: they are simply copied verbatim to
+the root file-system just before creating an image out of it (loading sources from the network would make the build
+non-reproducible).
+
 ### Additional Notes
 
 The distribution selected via the `DISTRO` variable may need to run a post-configuration script after the root file-system
diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index c29d9e26..0c162aa3 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -392,6 +392,18 @@ python do_deploy() {
 }
 addtask deploy before do_build after do_image
 
+def apt_list_files(d):
+    lists = []
+    sources = d.getVar("SRC_URI").split()
+    for s in sources:
+        _, _, local, _, _, parm = bb.fetch.decodeurl(s)
+        base, ext = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(local))
+        if ext and ext in (".list"):
+            lists.append(local)
+    return lists
+
+IMAGE_LISTS = "${@ ' '.join(apt_list_files(d)) }"
+
 do_rootfs_finalize() {
     sudo -s <<'EOSUDO'
         set -e
@@ -429,6 +441,12 @@ do_rootfs_finalize() {
             mv "${ROOTFSDIR}/etc/apt/sources-list" \
                 "${ROOTFSDIR}/etc/apt/sources.list.d/bootstrap.list"
         fi
+        if [ -n "${IMAGE_LISTS}" ]; then
+            rm -f "${ROOTFSDIR}/etc/apt/sources.list.d/bootstrap.list"
+            for l in ${IMAGE_LISTS}; do
+                cp "${WORKDIR}"/${l} "${ROOTFSDIR}/etc/apt/sources.list.d/"
+            done
+        fi
 
         rm -f "${ROOTFSDIR}/run/blkid/blkid.tab"
         rm -f "${ROOTFSDIR}/run/blkid/blkid.tab.old"