diff --git a/roles/debian-base/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/debian-base/defaults/main.yaml
index 36db4a8..93f8d0e 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/debian-base/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ base_packages:
   - ncdu
   - debconf-utils
   - net-tools
+  - rsync
 locales_present:
   - en_US.UTF-8
   - es_ES.UTF-8