diff --git a/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb b/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
index 879aed760..f67337899 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ module HostPrebuiltSteps
     UNIX_PACKAGES = ['curl', 'ntpdate']
     FREEBSD_PACKAGES = ['curl', 'perl5|perl']
     OPENBSD_PACKAGES = ['curl']
-    ARCHLINUX_PACKAGES = ['curl', 'ntp']
+    ARCHLINUX_PACKAGES = ['curl', 'ntp', 'net-tools', 'openssh']
     WINDOWS_PACKAGES = ['curl']
     PSWINDOWS_PACKAGES = []
     SLES10_PACKAGES = ['curl']