diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 35aa554b2039c5fab686e809b9f8929855d1b03f..e17df817381596f28ff28c506824a10624186ac9 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 ---
 ### PREPARATION
+# install prerequisites
+- name: install xorriso
+  apt:
+    name: "xorriso"
+    state: latest
 # Create a separate build directory so the role directory is not overly polluted
 - name: create build directory
   file: