diff --git a/vars/debian.yml b/vars/debian.yml
index 0ecd584c..8bbe2c6b 100644
--- a/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/vars/debian.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ nova_compute_kvm_distro_packages:
   - genisoimage
   - kpartx
   - "{{ (ansible_distribution == 'Debian') | ternary('libvirt-daemon-system', 'libvirt-bin') }}"
+  - netcat-openbsd
   - open-iscsi
   - python-guestfs
   - python3-guestfs
diff --git a/vars/redhat-7.yml b/vars/redhat-7.yml
index f599ab22..6aaf146e 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-7.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-7.yml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ nova_compute_kvm_distro_packages:
   - libvirt-daemon-kvm
   - libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
   - libvirt-client
+  - nc
   - qemu-kvm-ev
   - libvirt-python
   - nfs-utils
diff --git a/vars/suse.yml b/vars/suse.yml
index 5bd053b6..97709339 100644
--- a/vars/suse.yml
+++ b/vars/suse.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ nova_compute_kvm_distro_packages:
   - libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-mpath
   - libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd
   - libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-scsi
+  - netcat-openbsd
   - qemu-kvm
   - qemu-block-curl
   - qemu-block-dmg