diff --git a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
index dae6584880..ae412e8efa 100644
--- a/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
+++ b/tasks/cloud_setup_basic.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
   - packages
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version|int > 21 and ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined
 
+- name: Include basessh
+  include_role: name=basessh
+
 - name: put step-tickers in place
   copy: src="{{ files }}/common/step-tickers" dest=/etc/ntp/step-tickers
   when: ansible_cmdline.ostree is not defined