diff --git a/roles/ansible_host/tasks/main.yml b/roles/ansible_host/tasks/main.yml
index 812a779..bc8f455 100644
--- a/roles/ansible_host/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ansible_host/tasks/main.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     - ansible
     - ansible-collection-ansible-posix
     - ansible-collection-community-general
+    - patch                # needed in next step
     - python3.9-dns        # required for lookup('dig', 'hostname')
     - python3.9-netaddr    # required by iptables role