diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index cc888785b81..106849e89f0 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST +=						\
   etc/manifests/kernels.scm				\
   etc/manifests/release-minimal.scm			\
   etc/manifests/release-desktop.scm			\
+  etc/manifests/release-user-packages.scm		\
   etc/manifests/source.scm				\
   etc/manifests/system-tests.scm			\
   etc/manifests/time-travel.scm				\
diff --git a/etc/manifests/release-user-packages.scm b/etc/manifests/release-user-packages.scm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..92c3e2e9cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/manifests/release-user-packages.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2025 Noé Lopez <noelopez@free.fr>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+;;; This manifest is a list of packages that user care about (collected via an
+;;; online form).  It corresponds to the “Important packages” of GCD 005.
+
+(specifications->manifest
+ (list
+  "0ad"
+  "agda"
+  "alacritty"
+  "ardour"
+  "autoconf"
+  "automake"
+  "blender"
+  "borg"
+  "btrfs-progs"
+  "certbot"
+  "chez-scheme"
+  "clang-toolchain"
+  "cryptsetup"
+  "dillo"
+  "direnv"
+  "docker-cli"
+  "dovecot"
+  "emacs"
+  "emacs-exwm"
+  "emacs-pgtk"
+  "evince"
+  "fcitx5"
+  "file"
+  "fish"
+  "foot"
+  "fzf"
+  "gajim"
+  "gallery-dl"
+  "gcc-toolchain"
+  "getmail6"
+  "gettext"
+  "ghc-xmonad-contrib"
+  "gimp"
+  "git"
+  "gmp"
+  "gnome"
+  "gnupg"
+  "godot"
+  "gpaste"
+  "guile"
+  "guile-json"
+  "hatch"
+  "help2man"
+  "helvum"
+  "hexchat"
+  "hyprland"
+  "icecat"
+  "idris"
+  "imagemagick"
+  "imapfilter"
+  "jami"
+  "k3b"
+  "kakoune"
+  "keepassxc"
+  "krita"
+  "ksoloti-patcher"
+  "libreoffice"
+  "librewolf"
+  "libsecret"
+  "libtool"
+  "libvirt"
+  "llama-cpp"
+  "mariadb"
+  "luanti"
+  "mpc"
+  "mpfr"
+  "mplayer"
+  "mpv"
+  "mullvadbrowser"
+  "neovim"
+  "nginx"
+  "niri"
+  "nix"
+  "node"
+  "notmuch"
+  "obs"
+  "offlineimap3"
+  "opencv"
+  "openmpi"
+  "opensmtpd"
+  "openssh"
+  "openttd"
+  "pandoc"
+  "password-store"
+  "pavucontrol"
+  "php"
+  "picard"
+  "pipewire"
+  "pkg-config"
+  "plasma"
+  "plasma-desktop"
+  "po4a"
+  "podman"
+  "postgresql"
+  "python"
+  "python-lxml"
+  "python-pycryptodome"
+  "qemu"
+  "ranger"
+  "retroarch"
+  ;;"rocm"
+  "rofi"
+  "rspamd"
+  "rsync"
+  "screen"
+  "slurm"
+  "sqlite"
+  "sqlitebrowser"
+  "strace"
+  "strawberry"
+  "syncthing"
+  "taisei"
+  "telegram-desktop"
+  "texlive-babel"
+  "texlive-babel-english"
+  "texlive-babel-french"
+  "texlive-babel-german"
+  "texlive-collection-latex"
+  "texlive-collection-latexrecommended"
+  "texlive-collection-xetex"
+  "texlive-pdfjam"
+  "tmux"
+  "tuba"
+  "ungoogled-chromium"
+  "unison"
+  "unzip"
+  "uv"
+  "viewnior"
+  "virt-manager"
+  "waybar"
+  "wine"
+  "wine64"
+  "wireguard-tools"
+  "xmobar"
+  "xmonad"
+  "xournal"
+  "xournalpp"
+  "xpdf"
+  "yt-dlp"
+  "zig"
+  "zip"
+  "zsh"))