diff --git a/etc/grml/fai/config/files/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/xz-compress/GRMLBASE b/etc/grml/fai/config/files/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/xz-compress/GRMLBASE
index 1500f6f2..4e6b5b33 100644
--- a/etc/grml/fai/config/files/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/xz-compress/GRMLBASE
+++ b/etc/grml/fai/config/files/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/xz-compress/GRMLBASE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # This file is installed by grml-live in 10-build-initramfs.
-# It's purpose is to use XZ compression when building initramfs.
+# Its purpose is to use XZ compression when building initramfs.
 
 # this is a workaround to pass custom options to the xz compression
 xz() {
diff --git a/etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRMLBASE b/etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRMLBASE
index 8f3f08c7..2ce804a7 100644
--- a/etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRMLBASE
+++ b/etc/grml/fai/config/package_config/GRMLBASE
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ uuid-runtime
 vlock
 wireless-tools
 wpasupplicant
+xz-utils
 
 # firmware packages
 atmel-firmware