diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/README b/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/README
index b94ce5ad35..cfb64aee3e 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/README
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/README
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ The '<output>' node can contain the following sub nodes:
 
 :'<input>':
   Copies the content of the input specified by the 'name' attribute to the
-  output node.
+  output node. If the optional attribute 'skip_toplevel' is set and evaluates
+  to true, the top-level XML node from the input will not be copied.
 
 :'<attribute>':
   Adds an attribute with the specified 'name' and 'value'. If the node
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/input_rom_registry.h b/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/input_rom_registry.h
index 1f0f6ee1be..2207ea93ca 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/input_rom_registry.h
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/input_rom_registry.h
@@ -434,14 +434,18 @@ class Rom_filter::Input_rom_registry
 		 *
 		 * \throw Nonexistent_input_node
 		 */
-		void gen_xml(Input_name const &input_name, Genode::Xml_generator &xml)
+		void gen_xml(Input_name const &input_name, Genode::Xml_generator &xml, bool skip_toplevel=false)
 		{
 			Entry const *e = _lookup_entry_by_name(input_name);
 			if (!e)
 				throw Nonexistent_input_node();
 
-			e->node().with_raw_node([&] (char const *start, Genode::size_t length) {
-				xml.append(start, length); });
+			if (skip_toplevel)
+				e->node().with_raw_content([&] (char const *start, Genode::size_t length) {
+					xml.append(start, length); });
+			else
+				e->node().with_raw_node([&] (char const *start, Genode::size_t length) {
+					xml.append(start, length); });
 		}
 };
 
diff --git a/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/main.cc b/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/main.cc
index 2761ae5395..c0cfdad1ef 100644
--- a/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/main.cc
+++ b/repos/os/src/server/rom_filter/main.cc
@@ -350,8 +350,11 @@ void Rom_filter::Main::_evaluate_node(Xml_node node, Xml_generator &xml)
 			Input_name const input_name =
 				node.attribute_value("name", Input_name());
 
+			bool const skip_toplevel =
+				node.attribute_value("skip_toplevel", false);
+
 			try {
-				_input_rom_registry.gen_xml(input_name, xml); }
+				_input_rom_registry.gen_xml(input_name, xml, skip_toplevel); }
 			catch (...) { }
 		}
 	};