diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/greenwave/templates/buildconfig.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/greenwave/templates/buildconfig.yml
index f3a4da0124..2628c58528 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/greenwave/templates/buildconfig.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/greenwave/templates/buildconfig.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ spec:
           PyYAML \
           fedmsg-hub \
           python2-flask \
-          python-memcached
+          python-memcached \
+          nc \
+          dig \
+          nslookup
       RUN dnf -v -y install --setopt=tsflags=nodocs \
           https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/greenwave/0.3/4.fc26/noarch/greenwave-0.3-4.fc26.noarch.rpm
       # create a symlink for configuring the fedmsg consumers.