diff --git a/documentation/poky.ent b/documentation/poky.ent
index 8506589e93..4a5dcb0906 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.ent
+++ b/documentation/poky.ent
@@ -61,15 +61,15 @@
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_PATH "&YOCTO_POKY;/oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_FILE "oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib \
-     build-essential chrpath socat cpio python python3 python3-pip \
-     xz which">
+     build-essential chrpath socat cpio python python3 python3-pip python3-pexpect \
+     xz-utils debianutils">
 <!ENTITY FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python3 unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
      ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue perl-bignum socat \
-     findutils which file cpio python python3-pip xz which">
+     python3-pexpect findutils which file cpio python python3-pip xz which">
 <!ENTITY OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
      diffstat makeinfo python-curses patch socat python3 python3-curses tar python3-pip \
-     xz which">
+     python3-pexpect xz which">
 <!ENTITY CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "-y epel-release
      $ sudo yum makecache
      $ sudo yum install gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \