diff --git a/tests/playbook.yml b/tests/playbook.yml
index 2b6cfdcee01c4d0f428f07afce38e4ee346857a6..11484dd65ea27c20682125379e9c35ba6a7196b4 100644
--- a/tests/playbook.yml
+++ b/tests/playbook.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@
   strategy: free
   roles:
     - role: unbound
+  post_tasks:
+      - name: APT install test utilities
+        when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
+        apt:
+            name: net-tools
+            state: present