diff --git a/cookbooks/planet/metadata.rb b/cookbooks/planet/metadata.rb
index 9d968cc78..a3e976976 100644
--- a/cookbooks/planet/metadata.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/planet/metadata.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 depends           "apache"
 depends           "apt"
 depends           "awscli"
+depends           "geoipupdate"
 depends           "git"
 depends           "munin"
 depends           "ruby"
diff --git a/cookbooks/planet/recipes/default.rb b/cookbooks/planet/recipes/default.rb
index 412ec7cdb..fdeb9b8f5 100644
--- a/cookbooks/planet/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/planet/recipes/default.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 include_recipe "accounts"
 include_recipe "apache"
+include_recipe "geoipupdate"
 include_recipe "planet::aws"
 include_recipe "munin"