diff --git a/manifests/base/common.pp b/manifests/base/common.pp
index 03b61b351edd510880dc74ccb46abbb87a8a1371..62872eb0248eec48836f08706fb1b63bfcfd689b 100644
--- a/manifests/base/common.pp
+++ b/manifests/base/common.pp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class packages::base::common {
     'strace',
     'sysstat',
     'tcsh',
+    'telnet',
     'tmux',
     'traceroute',
     'usbutils',