diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 082e5ae..a3f4a7b 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ echo "$hostname" > /mnt/etc/hostname
 echo "hostname=\'"$hostname"\'" > /mnt/etc/conf.d/hostname
 
 # installing base packages
-base_devel='db diffutils gc guile libisl libmpc perl autoconf automake binutils bison esysusers etmpfiles fakeroot file findutils flex gawk gcc gettext grep groff gzip libtool m4 make pacman patch pkgconf python sed opendoas texinfo which bc udev'
+base_devel='db diffutils gc guile libisl libmpc perl autoconf automake binutils bison esysusers etmpfiles fakeroot file findutils flex gawk gcc gettext grep groff gzip libtool m4 make pacman pacman-contrib patch pkgconf python sed opendoas texinfo which bc udev'
 basestrap /mnt base $base_devel openrc elogind-openrc linux linux-firmware git micro man-db
 
 # exporting variables