diff --git a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
index f3d7302..afddf1f 100755
--- a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
+++ b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ sed -i "s/%esp_uuid%/${esp_uuid}/" /etc/fstab
 
 ### networking
 
+apt-get -y install iproute2
 # --force-confold because we already provide /etc/nftables.conf
 apt-get -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" install nftables
 
@@ -95,7 +96,6 @@ apt-get -y install \
     man-db \
     vim \
     bash-completion \
-    iproute2 \
     iputils-ping \
     traceroute \
     tcpdump \