diff --git a/elements/debian-minimal/element-deps b/elements/debian-minimal/element-deps
index cba86060..e078fde1 100644
--- a/elements/debian-minimal/element-deps
+++ b/elements/debian-minimal/element-deps
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 debootstrap
+package-installs
diff --git a/elements/debian/package-installs.yaml b/elements/debian/package-installs.yaml
index 04335d5a..4ebc38cf 100644
--- a/elements/debian/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/elements/debian/package-installs.yaml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ bash-completion:
 cloud-init:
 cloud-utils:
 cloud-initramfs-growroot:
+locales-all: