diff --git a/hieradata/role/rke.yaml b/hieradata/role/rke.yaml
index a18ade8fcd..56830c3e07 100644
--- a/hieradata/role/rke.yaml
+++ b/hieradata/role/rke.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ classes:
 
 packages:
   - "gdisk"
+  - "make"
 cni::plugins::checksum: "f3a841324845ca6bf0d4091b4fc7f97e18a623172158b72fc3fdcdb9d42d2d37"
 cni::plugins::enable: ["macvlan"]
 cni::plugins::version: "1.2.0"
diff --git a/spec/hosts/roles/rke_spec.rb b/spec/hosts/roles/rke_spec.rb
index 16b3712e80..867ea5e291 100644
--- a/spec/hosts/roles/rke_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/hosts/roles/rke_spec.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   it { is_expected.to contain_class('kubectl') }
   it { is_expected.to contain_class('profile::core::rke') }
   it { is_expected.to contain_class('clustershell') }
+  it { is_expected.to contain_package('make') }
 
   it do
     is_expected.to contain_class('restic').with(