diff --git a/pkgsel.d/node_core.all b/pkgsel.d/node_core.all
index 1f2759d..49aacf5 100644
--- a/pkgsel.d/node_core.all
+++ b/pkgsel.d/node_core.all
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ X fhs
 X linux-header
 X linux
 X bc
+X kmod
 X sysfiles
 X iana-etc
 
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ X findutils
 X openssl
 X gzip
 X bzip2
+# nowdays it is mandatory to have xz
+X xz
 X zlib
 X tar
 X tzdata