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 8d23492f8..b9b3ec34c 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
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ required_packages:
   - uuid-runtime
   - curl
   - dnsmasq
+  - socat
 # 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_RedHat_family.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_RedHat_family.yml
index 15b142b92..2c8020271 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_RedHat_family.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/required_defaults_RedHat_family.yml
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ required_packages:
   - debootstrap
   - gcc
   - python2-pip
+  - socat
 iscsi_client_package: "iscsi-initiator-utils"
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 b9907dfcc..d0a6a6b4f 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
@@ -48,4 +48,5 @@ required_packages:
   - iptables
   - tar
   - curl
+  - socat
 iscsi_client_package: "open-iscsi"