diff --git a/src/libcalamares/packages/Globals.cpp b/src/libcalamares/packages/Globals.cpp
index a488e704b..6cd07bc4a 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/packages/Globals.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/packages/Globals.cpp
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 #include "Globals.h"
 
 #include "GlobalStorage.h"
-#include "JobQueue.h"
 #include "utils/Logger.h"
 
 bool
-CalamaresUtils::Packages::setGSPackageAdditions( const Calamares::ModuleSystem::InstanceKey& module,
+CalamaresUtils::Packages::setGSPackageAdditions( Calamares::GlobalStorage* gs,
+                                                 const Calamares::ModuleSystem::InstanceKey& module,
                                                  const QVariantList& installPackages,
                                                  const QVariantList& tryInstallPackages )
 {
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ CalamaresUtils::Packages::setGSPackageAdditions( const Calamares::ModuleSystem::
 
     // Check if there's already a PACAKGEOP entry in GS, and if so we'll
     // extend that one (overwriting the value in GS at the end of this method)
-    Calamares::GlobalStorage* gs = Calamares::JobQueue::instance()->globalStorage();
     QVariantList packageOperations = gs->contains( PACKAGEOP ) ? gs->value( PACKAGEOP ).toList() : QVariantList();
     cDebug() << "Existing package operations length" << packageOperations.length();
 
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/packages/Globals.h b/src/libcalamares/packages/Globals.h
index ef9fa3801..a47cf5ae1 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/packages/Globals.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/packages/Globals.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #ifndef LIBCALAMARES_PACKAGES_GLOBALS_H
 #define LIBCALAMARES_PACKAGES_GLOBALS_H
 
+#include "GlobalStorage.h"
 #include "modulesystem/InstanceKey.h"
 
 namespace CalamaresUtils
@@ -20,8 +21,11 @@ namespace Packages
  *
  * This replaces previously-set install-packages lists for the
  * given module by the two new lists.
+ *
+ * Returns @c true if anything was changed, @c false otherwise.
  */
-bool setGSPackageAdditions( const Calamares::ModuleSystem::InstanceKey& module,
+bool setGSPackageAdditions( Calamares::GlobalStorage* gs,
+                            const Calamares::ModuleSystem::InstanceKey& module,
                             const QVariantList& installPackages,
                             const QVariantList& tryInstallPackages );
 // void setGSPackageRemovals( const Calamares::ModuleSystem::InstanceKey& key, const QVariantList& removePackages );
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/packages/Tests.cpp b/src/libcalamares/packages/Tests.cpp
index 307fb3c41..aaff227a9 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/packages/Tests.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/packages/Tests.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
  *
  */
 
-#include "utils/Logger.h"
+#include "Globals.h"
 
 #include "GlobalStorage.h"
+#include "utils/Logger.h"
 
 #include <QtTest/QtTest>
 
@@ -34,6 +35,16 @@ PackagesTests::initTestCase()
 void
 PackagesTests::testEmpty()
 {
+    Calamares::GlobalStorage gs;
+    const QString topKey( "packageOperations" );
+    Calamares::ModuleSystem::InstanceKey k( "this", "that" );
+
+    QVERIFY( !gs.contains( topKey ) );
+    QCOMPARE( k.toString(), "this@that" );
+
+    // Adding nothing at all does nothing
+    QVERIFY( !CalamaresUtils::Packages::setGSPackageAdditions( &gs, k, QVariantList(), QVariantList() ) );
+    QVERIFY( !gs.contains( topKey ) );
 }