diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index 4e64af3d..0e1a87ab 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ tempest_service_distro_packages:
   - openstack-tempest
   - python-subunit
   - subunit-filters
+  - iputils
 
 tempest_plugin_distro_packages:
   - "{{ (tempest_service_available_aodh | bool) | ternary('python-telemetry-tests-tempest', '') }}"
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 8e4e2184..9df4f60d 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ tempest_service_distro_packages:
   - "{{ (ansible_distribution_version is version ('42', '>=')) | ternary('python-python-subunit', 'python2-python-subunit') }}"
   - "{{ (ansible_distribution_version is version ('42', '>=')) | ternary('python-os-testr', 'python2-os-testr') }}"
   - python-junitxml
+  - iputils
 
 tempest_plugin_distro_packages:
   - "{{ (tempest_service_available_cinder | bool) | ternary('python-cinder-tempest-plugin', '') }}"
diff --git a/vars/ubuntu.yml b/vars/ubuntu.yml
index 77e1a426..dabd5846 100644
--- a/vars/ubuntu.yml
+++ b/vars/ubuntu.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ tempest_service_distro_packages:
   - tempest
   - python-junitxml
   - python-subunit
+  - iputils-ping
 
 # Note(odyssey4me):
 # Ubuntu does not publish tempest plugin packages. They do