diff --git a/tests/playbook.yml b/tests/playbook.yml
index fc29aae029ff4ba63942ed9ec96df7197255148d..8835f6cab34d9f167a7474022263d296940f634c 100644
--- a/tests/playbook.yml
+++ b/tests/playbook.yml
@@ -9,3 +9,8 @@
       mysql_admin_password: admin
       mysql_tls_key: /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key
       mysql_tls_cert: /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
+  post_tasks:
+      - name: APT install test utilities
+        apt:
+            name: net-tools
+            state: present