diff --git a/products.d/slowroll.yaml b/products.d/slowroll.yaml
index 421a8e271d..0b949469ec 100644
--- a/products.d/slowroll.yaml
+++ b/products.d/slowroll.yaml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ security:
       patterns: null
 
 storage:
+  boot_strategy: BLS
   space_policy: delete
   volumes:
     - "/"
diff --git a/products.d/tumbleweed.yaml b/products.d/tumbleweed.yaml
index 13c76d47d3..9d3fdef59c 100644
--- a/products.d/tumbleweed.yaml
+++ b/products.d/tumbleweed.yaml
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ security:
       patterns: null
 
 storage:
+  boot_strategy: BLS
   space_policy: delete
   volumes:
     - "/"
diff --git a/service/lib/agama/config.rb b/service/lib/agama/config.rb
index 8c51602c4f..b36ec4c524 100644
--- a/service/lib/agama/config.rb
+++ b/service/lib/agama/config.rb
@@ -217,6 +217,13 @@ def lvm?
       data.dig("storage", "lvm") || false
     end
 
+    # Boot strategy for the product
+    #
+    # @return [String, nil]
+    def boot_strategy
+      data.dig("storage", "boot_strategy")
+    end
+
   private
 
     def mandatory_path?(path)
diff --git a/service/lib/agama/storage/manager.rb b/service/lib/agama/storage/manager.rb
index cee30a8bef..6109bb19e2 100644
--- a/service/lib/agama/storage/manager.rb
+++ b/service/lib/agama/storage/manager.rb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 require "yast"
 require "bootloader/proposal_client"
 require "y2storage/storage_manager"
+require "y2storage/storage_env"
 require "y2storage/clients/inst_prepdisk"
 require "agama/storage/actions_generator"
 require "agama/storage/bootloader"
@@ -119,6 +120,12 @@ def on_probe(&block)
       def probe(keep_config: false)
         start_progress_with_size(4)
         product_config.pick_product(software.selected_product)
+
+        # Underlying yast-storage-ng has own mechanism for proposing boot strategies.
+        # However, we don't always want to use BLS when it proposes so. Currently
+        # we want to use BLS only for Tumbleweed / Slowroll
+        prohibit_bls_boot if !product_config.boot_strategy&.casecmp("BLS")
+
         check_multipath
         progress.step(_("Activating storage devices")) { activate_devices }
         progress.step(_("Probing storage devices")) { probe_devices }
@@ -214,6 +221,12 @@ def locale=(locale)
       # @return [Logger]
       attr_reader :logger
 
+      def prohibit_bls_boot
+        ENV["YAST_NO_BLS_BOOT"] = "1"
+        # avoiding problems with cached values
+        Y2Storage::StorageEnv.instance.reset_cache
+      end
+
       # Issues are updated when the proposal is calculated
       def register_proposal_callbacks
         proposal.on_calculate { update_issues }
diff --git a/service/package/rubygem-agama-yast.changes b/service/package/rubygem-agama-yast.changes
index da32a598b3..089e770688 100644
--- a/service/package/rubygem-agama-yast.changes
+++ b/service/package/rubygem-agama-yast.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar  5 08:09:28 UTC 2025 - Michal Filka <mfilka@suse.com>
+
+- introduced boot_strategy into storage section of product
+  definition yaml file. It allows to control what boot strategy
+  will be proposed by storage. Currently works only for BLS. 
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 26 06:52:45 UTC 2025 - José Iván López González <jlopez@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/service/test/agama/storage/manager_test.rb b/service/test/agama/storage/manager_test.rb
index 9d0faf2b05..8fab9f4e4d 100644
--- a/service/test/agama/storage/manager_test.rb
+++ b/service/test/agama/storage/manager_test.rb
@@ -218,6 +218,14 @@
 
     let(:callback) { proc {} }
 
+    it "sets env YAST_NO_BLS_BOOT to yes if product doesn't requires bls boot explicitly" do
+      expect(config).to receive(:pick_product)
+      expect(config).to receive(:boot_strategy).and_return(nil)
+      expect(ENV).to receive(:[]=).with("YAST_NO_BLS_BOOT", "1")
+
+      storage.probe
+    end
+
     it "probes the storage devices and calculates a proposal" do
       expect(config).to receive(:pick_product).with("ALP")
       expect(iscsi).to receive(:activate)