diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/greenwave/templates/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/greenwave/templates/buildconfig.yml
index cfa0b6b92e..90dc511406 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/greenwave/templates/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/greenwave/templates/buildconfig.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ spec:
           python-requests \
           PyYAML \
           fedmsg-hub \
-          python2-flask
+          python2-flask \
+          nc
       RUN dnf -v -y install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs \
           https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/greenwave/0.3/2.fc26/noarch/greenwave-0.3-2.fc26.noarch.rpm
       # create a symlink for configuring the fedmsg consumers.