diff --git a/appliance/packagelist.in b/appliance/packagelist.in
index bff3a4b6d7..c4484dbed9 100644
--- a/appliance/packagelist.in
+++ b/appliance/packagelist.in
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ acl
 attr
 bash
 binutils
+bzip2
 coreutils
 cpio
 dosfstools