diff --git a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
index d3ffc30f1f..88e07d877d 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/mailman/tasks/main.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
   - python-BeautifulSoup
   # scripts
   - python34-PyYAML
+  # mailman soft dep to convert html to plaintext
+  - lynx
   tags:
   - packages