diff --git a/templates/default_packages.template.j2 b/templates/default_packages.template.j2
index 55b899359d3d87f290dc1ad40eb24deb6c6b400c..23bb7975d3ce3d22041548cc2d45e342a9a9aa3d 100644
--- a/templates/default_packages.template.j2
+++ b/templates/default_packages.template.j2
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ wget
 lsof
 tcpdump
 dstat
+pciutils
 # Exclude packages that are not needed in a VM image
 -aic94xx-firmware
 -alsa-*