diff --git a/servers/puppet/modules/zulip/manifests/staging_app_frontend.pp b/servers/puppet/modules/zulip/manifests/staging_app_frontend.pp
index d383cbc4eb..290e856540 100644
--- a/servers/puppet/modules/zulip/manifests/staging_app_frontend.pp
+++ b/servers/puppet/modules/zulip/manifests/staging_app_frontend.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 class zulip::staging_app_frontend {
   class { 'zulip::app_frontend': }
 
+  $packages = [ "python-html2text" ]
+  package { $packages: ensure => "installed" }
+
   file { "/etc/nginx/sites-available/humbug-staging":
     require => Package[nginx],
     ensure => file,