diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/base.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/base.sh
index 637173e..7f7e608 100644
--- a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/base.sh
+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/base.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
+# TODO: move this to packages.sh
 apt-get update
 apt-get -y upgrade
 apt-get -y dist-upgrade
 apt-get -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
+apt-get -y install curl
+apt-get -y install cloud-init
 
 # to be removed
 #sed -i -e '/Defaults\s\+env_reset/a Defaults\texempt_group=sudo' /etc/sudoers