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 b9b3ec34c..48ce1599e 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
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ 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 d0a6a6b4f..e5bc9f46c 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
@@ -49,4 +49,6 @@ required_packages:
   - tar
   - curl
   - socat
+  - python-pip
+  - gcc
 iscsi_client_package: "open-iscsi"