diff --git a/templates/lxc-debian.in b/templates/lxc-debian.in
index 56953b63f..0f66783ea 100644
--- a/templates/lxc-debian.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-debian.in
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ cleanup()
 download_debian()
 {
     packages=\
+init,\
 ifupdown,\
 locales,\
 libui-dialog-perl,\