diff --git a/lmod/files/apt_packages.txt b/lmod/files/apt_packages.txt
index 95c06fa5f247631ae41cb13165635ebc516c3ce2..05a7bc3d5f4959bcde1ee762749b3989428a22b9 100644
--- a/lmod/files/apt_packages.txt
+++ b/lmod/files/apt_packages.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ libncurses5-dev
 libncursesw5-dev
 locales
 make
+netcat
 python3.8
 python3.8-dev
 python3.8-distutils