diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 4ffdbef9..73df349f 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Depends: bzip2,
 	 python-stevedore (>= 0.15),
 	 python-urllib3,
 	 python-yaml,
+	 rsync,
 	 xfsprogs,
 	 xz-utils,
 	 ${misc:Depends},
diff --git a/specs/fuel-agent.spec b/specs/fuel-agent.spec
index 33ad5cad..e5031a57 100644
--- a/specs/fuel-agent.spec
+++ b/specs/fuel-agent.spec
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Requires:    debootstrap
 Requires:    xz
 Requires:    coreutils
 Requires:    psmisc
+Requires:    rsync
 
 %description
 Fuel-agent package