diff --git a/runtest/artifact_collector.sls b/runtest/artifact_collector.sls
index 27a678d..e66ae54 100644
--- a/runtest/artifact_collector.sls
+++ b/runtest/artifact_collector.sls
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 {%- from "runtest/map.jinja" import artifact_collector with context %}
 {%- if artifact_collector.get('enabled', False) -%}
 
+required_artifact_pkgs:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - names: {{ artifact_collector.pkgs }}
+
 {%- for cmd_name, cmd_params in artifact_collector.cmds.iteritems() %}
 {%- set cmd = cmd_params.cmd + " > " + cmd_params.dst %}
 run_{{ cmd_name }}:
@@ -13,6 +17,8 @@
       - name: artifactory.deploy_artifact
       - source_file: {{ cmd_params.dst }}
       - endpoint: {{ artifact_collector.artifactory.endpoint }}
+      - require:
+        - pkg: required_artifact_pkgs
       - kwargs:
           user: {{ artifact_collector.artifactory.user }}
           password: {{ artifact_collector.artifactory.password }}
@@ -39,6 +45,8 @@
       - name: artifactory.deploy_artifact
       - source_file: {{ zip_file }}
       - endpoint: {{ artifact_collector.artifactory.endpoint }}
+      - require:
+        - pkg: required_artifact_pkgs
       - kwargs:
           user: {{ artifact_collector.artifactory.user }}
           password: {{ artifact_collector.artifactory.password }}
diff --git a/runtest/map.jinja b/runtest/map.jinja
index ab01c64..2067741 100644
--- a/runtest/map.jinja
+++ b/runtest/map.jinja
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
           'cmd': 'dpkg -l',
           'dst': '/tmp/packages.txt'
         }
-      }
+      },
+      'pkgs': ['python-lxml']
     }
 }, grain='os', merge=salt['pillar.get']('runtest', {}).get('artifact_collector', {}), base='default') %}