diff --git a/nodepool/elements/puppet/element-deps b/nodepool/elements/puppet/element-deps
index ebedd2a7ef..6ee469fbe9 100644
--- a/nodepool/elements/puppet/element-deps
+++ b/nodepool/elements/puppet/element-deps
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 cache-url
 openstack-repos
+package-installs
 source-repositories
diff --git a/nodepool/elements/puppet/package-installs.yaml b/nodepool/elements/puppet/package-installs.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ed6f376221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodepool/elements/puppet/package-installs.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+curl:
diff --git a/nodepool/elements/puppet/pkg-map b/nodepool/elements/puppet/pkg-map
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7c786c0ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodepool/elements/puppet/pkg-map
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "family": {
+    "gentoo": {
+      "curl": "net-misc/curl"
+    }
+  },
+  "default": {
+    "curl": "curl"
+  }
+}