diff --git a/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh b/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh
index e72ab43362..6cbdeba13a 100644
--- a/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh
@@ -277,12 +277,12 @@ function adaptative_prepare_host_dependencies() {
 		zlib1g-dev
 
 		# by-category below
-		file tree expect                     # logging utilities; expect is needed for 'unbuffer' command
-		colorized-logs                       # for ansi2html, ansi2txt, pipetty
-		unzip zip pigz pixz pbzip2 lzop zstd # compressors et al
-		parted gdisk fdisk                   # partition tools @TODO why so many?
-		aria2 curl wget axel                 # downloaders et al
-		parallel                             # do things in parallel (used for fast md5 hashing in initrd cache)
+		file tree expect                           # logging utilities; expect is needed for 'unbuffer' command
+		colorized-logs                             # for ansi2html, ansi2txt, pipetty
+		unzip zip pigz xz-utils pbzip2 lzop zstd   # compressors et al
+		parted gdisk fdisk                         # partition tools @TODO why so many?
+		aria2 curl wget axel                       # downloaders et al
+		parallel                                   # do things in parallel (used for fast md5 hashing in initrd cache)
 	)
 
 	# @TODO: distcc -- handle in extension?