diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index d4febbf6..de70a8b3 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -3031,7 +3031,7 @@ function initial_setup {
   apt-get -y remove --purge apache*
   apt-get -y dist-upgrade
   apt-get -y install ca-certificates emacs24 cpulimit
-  apt-get -y install rsyncrypto cryptsetup libgfshare-bin obnam
+  apt-get -y install rsyncrypto cryptsetup libgfshare-bin obnam sshpass
 
   echo 'initial_setup' >> $COMPLETION_FILE
 }