diff --git a/general.sh b/general.sh
index 8c26bc6618..71d1c66d40 100644
--- a/general.sh
+++ b/general.sh
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ prepare_host() {
 	PAK="ca-certificates device-tree-compiler pv bc lzop zip binfmt-support build-essential ccache debootstrap ntpdate pigz \
 	gawk gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi qemu-user-static u-boot-tools uuid-dev zlib1g-dev unzip libusb-1.0-0-dev ntpdate \
 	parted pkg-config libncurses5-dev whiptail debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring f2fs-tools libfile-fcntllock-perl rsync libssl-dev \
-	nfs-kernel-server btrfs-tools gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu ncurses-term"
+	nfs-kernel-server btrfs-tools gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu ncurses-term p7zip-full"
 
 	# warning: apt-cacher-ng will fail if installed and used both on host and in container/chroot environment with shared network
 	# set NO_APT_CACHER=yes to prevent installation errors in such case