diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index 19ad0a345..a1a3dc753 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -19418,7 +19418,8 @@ a HTML file."
 	  (or (plist-get processing-info :latex-header)
 	      (org-latex-make-preamble
 	       (org-export-get-environment (org-export-get-backend 'latex))
-	       org-format-latex-header)))
+	       org-format-latex-header
+	       'snippet)))
 	 (latex-compiler (plist-get processing-info :latex-compiler))
 	 (image-converter (plist-get processing-info :image-converter))
 	 (tmpdir temporary-file-directory)
diff --git a/lisp/ox-latex.el b/lisp/ox-latex.el
index 7c5ae50b4..aba34c29e 100644
--- a/lisp/ox-latex.el
+++ b/lisp/ox-latex.el
@@ -1616,11 +1616,14 @@ INFO is a plist used as a communication channel."
 ;;; Template
 
 ;;;###autoload
-(defun org-latex-make-preamble (info &optional template)
+(defun org-latex-make-preamble (info &optional template snippet?)
   "Return a formatted LaTeX preamble.
 INFO is a plist used as a communication channel.  Optional
 argument TEMPLATE, when non-nil, is the header template string,
-as expected by `org-splice-latex-header'."
+as expected by `org-splice-latex-header'.  When SNIPPET? is
+non-nil, only includes packages relevant to image generation, as
+specified in `org-latex-default-packages-alist' or
+`org-latex-packages-alist'."
   (let* ((class (plist-get info :latex-class))
 	 (class-options (plist-get info :latex-class-options))
 	 (header (nth 1 (assoc class (plist-get info :latex-classes))))
@@ -1640,7 +1643,7 @@ as expected by `org-splice-latex-header'."
 	 class-template
 	 (org-latex--remove-packages org-latex-default-packages-alist info)
 	 (org-latex--remove-packages org-latex-packages-alist info)
-	 nil
+	 snippet?
 	 (mapconcat #'org-element-normalize-string
 		    (list (plist-get info :latex-header)
 			  (plist-get info :latex-header-extra)) ""))))