diff --git a/debian/postinst b/debian/postinst
index 14b1fc083..aa20fd381 100644
--- a/debian/postinst
+++ b/debian/postinst
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ configure)
 	systemctl disable motd-news.service
 	systemctl disable motd-news.timer
 
+	# Disable multipathd service by default. It will be enabled if the iSCSI initiator feature is used
+  systemctl disable multipathd.service
+
 	#
 	# Various tools generate mail on the system, e.g. cron, and we don't
 	# want those to be sent externally via SMTP (or equivalent). Thus,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 88d173b80..43a736953 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ DEPENDS += ansible, \
 	   lsb-release, \
 	   makedumpfile, \
 	   mount, \
+	   multipath-tools, \
 	   net-tools, \
 	   netbase, \
 	   netplan.io, \