diff --git a/roles/debian-base/defaults/main.yaml b/roles/debian-base/defaults/main.yaml
index 24714fd..6b4f9bf 100644
--- a/roles/debian-base/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/debian-base/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ base_packages:
   - cloud-guest-utils
   - rsync
   - parted
+  - yq
 locales_present:
   - en_US.UTF-8
   - es_ES.UTF-8