diff --git a/library/roles/ubuntu-deb-general/defaults/main.yml b/library/roles/ubuntu-deb-general/defaults/main.yml
index 6f9c1406..4da44e88 100644
--- a/library/roles/ubuntu-deb-general/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/library/roles/ubuntu-deb-general/defaults/main.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ default_python_packages:
   - python3-lxml
   - python-boto
   - python-ipaddress
+  - python-setuptools
+  - python3-setuptools
 
 # Set this variable in your playbook
 # additional_packages: