diff --git a/files/debs/general b/files/debs/general
index edf64ce932..20490c6072 100644
--- a/files/debs/general
+++ b/files/debs/general
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+apache2
+apache2-dev
 bc
 bridge-utils
 bsdmainutils
@@ -9,6 +11,7 @@ gettext  # used for compiling message catalogs
 git
 graphviz # needed for docs
 iputils-ping
+libapache2-mod-proxy-uwsgi
 libffi-dev # for pyOpenSSL
 libjpeg-dev # Pillow 3.0.0
 libmysqlclient-dev  # MySQL-python
diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index baba06b5ab..106aa6ae88 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ gcc-c++
 gettext  # used for compiling message catalogs
 git-core
 graphviz # needed only for docs
+httpd
+httpd-devel
 iptables-services  # NOPRIME f23,f24,f25
 java-1.7.0-openjdk-headless  # NOPRIME rhel7
 java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless  # NOPRIME f23,f24,f25
diff --git a/tests/test_functions.sh b/tests/test_functions.sh
index 8aae23dcb8..adf20cdb80 100755
--- a/tests/test_functions.sh
+++ b/tests/test_functions.sh
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ fi
 
 # test against removed package...was a bug on Ubuntu
 if is_ubuntu; then
-    PKG=cowsay
+    PKG=cowsay-off
     if ! (dpkg -s $PKG >/dev/null 2>&1); then
         # it was never installed...set up the condition
         sudo apt-get install -y cowsay >/dev/null 2>&1