diff --git a/puppet/zulip_ops/manifests/base.pp b/puppet/zulip_ops/manifests/base.pp
index 212d090159..d4a3af2b50 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip_ops/manifests/base.pp
+++ b/puppet/zulip_ops/manifests/base.pp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class zulip_ops::base {
                         # For managing our current Debian packages
                         "debian-goodies",
                         # Needed for zulip-ec2-configure-network-interfaces
+                        'dhcpcd',
                         "python3-six",
                         "python-six",
                         # "python3-boto", # missing on trusty