diff --git a/create-image.sh b/create-image.sh
index 401ba1b..8e9600d 100755
--- a/create-image.sh
+++ b/create-image.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TODAY="$(TZ='UTC' date +%Y.%m.%d)"
 KICKSTART_FILE="${KICKSTART_BASE}.ks"
 APPLIANCE_NAME="${KICKSTART_BASE}-$(dnf config-manager --dump-variables | grep releasever | awk '{print $3}')-$(uname -m)-minimal-${TODAY}"
 IMAGE_NAME="${APPLIANCE_NAME}.raw"
-COMMANDS_TO_CHECK=('appliance-creator' 'shasum' 'zstd')
+COMMANDS_TO_CHECK=('appliance-creator' 'hdparm' 'shasum' 'zstd')
 
 for COMMAND in "${COMMANDS_TO_CHECK[@]}"; do
     if ! command -v "${COMMAND}" > /dev/null; then
diff --git a/includes/package-list.ksi b/includes/package-list.ksi
index e394a2b..8d291a2 100644
--- a/includes/package-list.ksi
+++ b/includes/package-list.ksi
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ btop
 dash
 epel-release
 gzip
+hdparm
 htop
 mock
 neovim