diff --git a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/salt/images/deb/Dockerfile.ubuntu-xenial b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/salt/images/deb/Dockerfile.ubuntu-xenial
index 91dac694d67..b5ee6067dc5 100644
--- a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/salt/images/deb/Dockerfile.ubuntu-xenial
+++ b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/deployments/salt/images/deb/Dockerfile.ubuntu-xenial
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y -o DPkg::Options::=--force-confold
 RUN apt-get install -y software-properties-common ca-certificates wget curl apt-transport-https python3-pip vim
+RUN pip3 install distro==1.5.0
 
 RUN curl -L https://repo.saltproject.io/py3/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub | apt-key add -
 RUN echo 'deb http://repo.saltproject.io/py3/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/latest xenial main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/saltstack.list && \