diff --git a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
index a14c478..13e88c2 100755
--- a/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
+++ b/post-debootstrap-installer.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ apt-get -y install locales
 
 ### boot
 
-apt-get -y install mdadm cryptsetup systemd systemd-sysv firmware-linux
+apt-get -y install lvm2 mdadm cryptsetup systemd systemd-sysv firmware-linux
 systemctl enable fstrim.timer
 
 # --force-confold because we already provide /etc/dropbear/initramfs/dropbear.conf
diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index b23b3b9..eaa6c79 100755
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 
-apt-get -y install mdadm cryptsetup debootstrap
+apt-get -y install lvm2 mdadm cryptsetup debootstrap
 
 # returns /dev/md0 as root device
 # returns "$boot" as boot device