diff --git a/tasks/basics.yml b/tasks/basics.yml
index 6b989b9..83293ec 100644
--- a/tasks/basics.yml
+++ b/tasks/basics.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
       - procps
       - psmisc
       - software-properties-common
+      - telnet
       - unzip
       - wget
       - zip