diff --git a/fabfile.py b/fabfile.py
index 16c9912f28a9db5b138c18cc2580133d4f5ed0f8..0efc73621cd4384305810c171623f6601c2a5273 100644
--- a/fabfile.py
+++ b/fabfile.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ hosts = os.environ['FABRIC_HOSTS'].split(',')
 
 def install_essentials(c):
     # ImageMagick (convert) and Inkscape required for generating badges.
-    c.run('sudo apt-get install -yy git python3-dev python3-venv python3-wheel build-essential python3-cairocffi python3-psycopg2 postgresql uwsgi-emperor uwsgi-plugin-python3 memcached netcat nginx certbot libmemcached-dev xmlsec1 imagemagick inkscape')
+    c.run('sudo apt-get install -yy git python3-dev python3-venv python3-wheel build-essential python3-cairocffi python3-psycopg2 postgresql uwsgi-emperor uwsgi-plugin-python3 memcached netcat nginx certbot libmemcached-dev xmlsec1 imagemagick inkscape cronic')
 
 
 @task(hosts=hosts)