diff --git a/fedora-arm-base.ks b/fedora-arm-base.ks
index 37b60bb..f65e6b9 100644
--- a/fedora-arm-base.ks
+++ b/fedora-arm-base.ks
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ initial-setup-gui
 # make sure all the locales are available for inital0-setup and anaconda to work
 glibc-all-langpacks
 
+# this ks uses it in %post, and imgcreate also uses it in the installed
+# system root, so it needs to be there
+chkconfig
+
 %end
 
 %post