diff --git a/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass b/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
index 58fbd87d..96026106 100644
--- a/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
+++ b/gnomeos/yocto/classes/gnomeos-contents.bbclass
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ RDEPENDS += "ostree-native \
 	     libogg \
 	     libvorbis \
 	     speex \
+	     cpio \
 	     libatomics-ops \
 	    "