diff --git a/src/common-utils/install.sh b/src/common-utils/install.sh
index 0d1153212..bd9aefce8 100755
--- a/src/common-utils/install.sh
+++ b/src/common-utils/install.sh
@@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ if [ "${PACKAGES_ALREADY_INSTALLED}" != "true" ]; then
         strace \
         manpages \
         manpages-dev \
-        init-system-helpers"
+        init-system-helpers \
+        xdg-utils"
         
     # Needed for adding manpages-posix and manpages-posix-dev which are non-free packages in Debian
     if [ "${ADD_NON_FREE_PACKAGES}" = "true" ]; then