diff --git a/tasks/install_test_scripts.yml b/tasks/install_test_scripts.yml
index c13ef689b7203acc79a57535410b4cb630b74713..900356a292e2b986b66e1e9c8d014bb408c1c645 100644
--- a/tasks/install_test_scripts.yml
+++ b/tasks/install_test_scripts.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 ---
 ### INSTALL TEST SCRIPTS ###
+
+- name: install prerequisites
+  apt:
+    name: [
+      'libdata-printer-perl',
+      'libdatetime-format-http-perl',
+    ]
+    state: latest
+
 - name: deploy wrapper script for exit strategy
   template:
     src: "{{ item }}.j2"