diff --git a/modules/nodepool/manifests/init.pp b/modules/nodepool/manifests/init.pp
index a4b6ca2593..29295349ea 100644
--- a/modules/nodepool/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/modules/nodepool/manifests/init.pp
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ class nodepool (
     ],
   }
 
+  $packages = [
+    'kpartx',
+    'qemu-utils',
+  ]
+
+  package { $packages:
+    ensure => present,
+  }
+
   file { '/etc/mysql/conf.d/max_connections.cnf':
     ensure  => present,
     content => "[server]\nmax_connections = 8192\n",
@@ -113,6 +122,15 @@ class nodepool (
     group   => 'root',
   }
 
+  # used for storage of d-i-b images in non-ephemeral partition
+  file { '/opt/nodepool_dib':
+    ensure  => directory,
+    mode    => '0755',
+    owner   => 'nodepool',
+    group   => 'nodepool',
+    require => User['nodepool'],
+  }
+
   file { '/var/log/nodepool':
     ensure  => directory,
     mode    => '0755',