diff --git a/appliance/packagelist.in b/appliance/packagelist.in
index 78aedad0b..f92a6ce95 100644
--- a/appliance/packagelist.in
+++ b/appliance/packagelist.in
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ ifelse(DEBIAN,1,
 dnl old name used in Jessie and earlier
   btrfs-tools
   cryptsetup
+  dash
   extlinux
   genisoimage
 dnl gfs-tools, gfs2-tools have been renamed to gfs2-utils