diff --git a/salt/common/init.sls b/salt/common/init.sls
index f993534b3..05dd7023f 100644
--- a/salt/common/init.sls
+++ b/salt/common/init.sls
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ commonpkgs:
       - python3-m2crypto
       - python3-mysqldb
       - python3-packaging
+      - python3-lxml
       - git
       - vim
 
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ commonpkgs:
       - python36-m2crypto
       - python36-mysql
       - python36-packaging
+      - python36-lxml
       - yum-utils
       - device-mapper-persistent-data
       - lvm2
diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index f4d08e9a9..58fbca562 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -2164,6 +2164,7 @@ saltify() {
 					python36-m2crypto\
 					python36-mysql\
 					python36-packaging\
+					python36-lxml\
 					yum-utils\
 					device-mapper-persistent-data\
 					lvm2\
@@ -2250,7 +2251,7 @@ saltify() {
 		set_progress_str 8 'Installing salt-minion & python modules'
 		retry 50 10 "apt-get -y install salt-minion=3003+ds-1 salt-common=3003+ds-1" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1 || exit 1
 		retry 50 10 "apt-mark hold salt-minion salt-common" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1 || exit 1
-		retry 50 10 "apt-get -y install python3-pip python3-dateutil python3-m2crypto python3-mysqldb python3-packaging python3-influxdb" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1 || exit 1
+		retry 50 10 "apt-get -y install python3-pip python3-dateutil python3-m2crypto python3-mysqldb python3-packaging python3-influxdb python3-lxml" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1 || exit 1
 	fi
 }