diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Debian_family.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Debian_family.yml
index b62662f4e..5d8e0f3c9 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Debian_family.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Debian_family.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ required_packages:
   - curl
   - dnsmasq
   - socat
+  - python-pip
+  - gcc
 # NOTE(TheJulia): The above entry for dnsmasq must be the last entry in the
 # package list as the installation causes name resolution changes that can
 # temporarily block packages following it while the system is being
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Suse_family.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Suse_family.yml
index dabfb2247..101da4aa2 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Suse_family.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_Suse_family.yml
@@ -50,4 +50,6 @@ required_packages:
   - tar
   - curl
   - socat
+  - python-pip
+  - gcc
 iscsi_client_package: "open-iscsi"