diff --git a/service/lib/agama/autoyast/bootloader_reader.rb b/service/lib/agama/autoyast/bootloader_reader.rb
index d1ddf8d143..7501ffee18 100644
--- a/service/lib/agama/autoyast/bootloader_reader.rb
+++ b/service/lib/agama/autoyast/bootloader_reader.rb
@@ -42,8 +42,17 @@ def read
         return {} if global.empty?
 
         bootloader = {}
-        bootloader["timeout"] = global["timeout"] if global["timeout"].is_a?(Integer)
+
+        if global["timeout"].is_a?(Integer)
+          if global["timeout"] >= 0
+            bootloader["timeout"] = global["timeout"]
+          else
+            bootloader["stopOnBootMenu"] = true
+          end
+        end
+
         bootloader["extraKernelParams"] = global["append"] unless global["append"].to_s.empty?
+
         { "bootloader" => bootloader }
       end
 
diff --git a/service/package/rubygem-agama-yast.changes b/service/package/rubygem-agama-yast.changes
index e8a727745f..4413adc4ef 100644
--- a/service/package/rubygem-agama-yast.changes
+++ b/service/package/rubygem-agama-yast.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon May 26 09:44:54 UTC 2025 - Imobach Gonzalez Sosa <igonzalezsosa@suse.com>
+
+- Set stopOnBootMenu to "true" when a negative timeout is
+  set in the bootloader section of an AutoYaST profile
+  (bsc#1243623).
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri May 23 12:37:31 UTC 2025 - José Iván López González <jlopez@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/service/test/agama/autoyast/bootloader_reader_test.rb b/service/test/agama/autoyast/bootloader_reader_test.rb
index 038a42d3d9..723ba50ccb 100644
--- a/service/test/agama/autoyast/bootloader_reader_test.rb
+++ b/service/test/agama/autoyast/bootloader_reader_test.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,18 @@
           "timeout" => 5
         )
       end
+
+      context "and it is a negative number" do
+        let(:global) do
+          { "timeout" => -1 }
+        end
+
+        it "sets the 'stopOnBootMenu' to 'true'" do
+          expect(subject.read["bootloader"]).to include(
+            "stopOnBootMenu" => true
+          )
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end