diff --git a/setup/linux/packages/base b/setup/linux/packages/base
index 859b0374..a2c839d7 100644
--- a/setup/linux/packages/base
+++ b/setup/linux/packages/base
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ python
 python-docopt
 python-gnuplot
 python-mariadb-connector
+python-packaging
 python-psutil
 python-pytz
 python-requests