diff --git a/tools/gate/00_setup.sh b/tools/gate/00_setup.sh
index 963b94203..b3aed3751 100755
--- a/tools/gate/00_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/00_setup.sh
@@ -34,10 +34,12 @@ envsubst <"${AIRSHIPCTL_WS}/tools/gate/config_template.yaml" > "$PLAYBOOK_CONFIG
 # use new version of ansible, Ubuntu has old one
 sudo apt -y install software-properties-common python3-pip
 sudo apt -y --no-install-recommends install docker.io make
+
+ANSIBLE_PACKAGES="ansible netaddr"
 if [[ -z "${http_proxy}" ]]; then
-  sudo pip3 install ansible
+  sudo pip3 install $ANSIBLE_PACKAGES
 else
-  sudo pip3 --proxy "${http_proxy}" install ansible
+  sudo pip3 --proxy "${http_proxy}" install $ANSIBLE_PACKAGES
 fi
 
 echo "primary ansible_host=localhost ansible_connection=local ansible_python_interpreter=/usr/bin/python3" > "$ANSIBLE_HOSTS"