diff --git a/files/debs/general b/files/debs/general
index 307cd7b113..a1f2a4b159 100644
--- a/files/debs/general
+++ b/files/debs/general
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 bc
 bridge-utils
+bsdmainutils
 curl
 g++
 gcc
diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/general b/files/rpms-suse/general
index e3dfec1047..3b19071770 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/general
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/general
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ screen
 tar
 tcpdump
 unzip
+util-linux
 wget
 zlib-devel
diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index 6d5fd1565c..2d4a97a743 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ screen
 tar
 tcpdump
 unzip
+util-linux
 wget
 which
 zlib-devel
diff --git a/tests/test_functions.sh b/tests/test_functions.sh
index be8dc5e287..8aae23dcb8 100755
--- a/tests/test_functions.sh
+++ b/tests/test_functions.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,22 @@ source $TOP/functions
 
 source $TOP/tests/unittest.sh
 
+echo "Testing generate_hex_string()"
+
+VAL=$(generate_hex_string 16)
+if [[ ${#VAL} -eq 32 ]]; then
+    passed "OK"
+else
+    failed "generate_hex_string 16 failed ${#VAL}"
+fi
+
+VAL=$(generate_hex_string 32)
+if [[ ${#VAL} -eq 64 ]]; then
+    passed "OK"
+else
+    failed "generate_hex_string 32 failed ${#VAL}"
+fi
+
 echo "Testing die_if_not_set()"
 
 bash -c "source $TOP/functions; X=`echo Y && true`; die_if_not_set $LINENO X 'not OK'"