diff --git a/.zuul.d/cross-jobs.yaml b/.zuul.d/cross-jobs.yaml
index 09a4394610..23ff3272af 100644
--- a/.zuul.d/cross-jobs.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.d/cross-jobs.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 - job:
     name: horizon-cross-ironic-ui-npm
     parent: horizon-nodejs10-run-test
+    pre-run: playbooks/cross-jobs/phantomjs-deps.yaml
     vars:
       zuul_work_dir: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/ironic-ui'].src_dir }}"
     required-projects:
diff --git a/playbooks/cross-jobs/phantomjs-deps.yaml b/playbooks/cross-jobs/phantomjs-deps.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2ff29aff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/cross-jobs/phantomjs-deps.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- hosts: all
+  tasks:
+  - name: Install libfontconfig
+    apt:
+      name: libfontconfig1
+    become: yes