diff --git a/dev-env/vagrant/Vagrantfile b/dev-env/vagrant/Vagrantfile
index 97b735b..fdc6bcb 100644
--- a/dev-env/vagrant/Vagrantfile
+++ b/dev-env/vagrant/Vagrantfile
@@ -79,12 +79,13 @@ $package_setup = <<PACKAGE_SETUP
   # libxslt1-dev (config)
   # ostree (update)
   # python3-all-dev (config)
+  # python3-pycryptodome (patching)
   # ripgrep (docs)
   # rsync (docs)
   # ruby-dev (stx-puppet)
   # ruby-rubygems (stx-puppet)
   # tox (all)
-  apt-get install -y bc libffi-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev ostree python3-all-dev ripgrep rsync ruby-rubygems ruby-dev tox
+  apt-get install -y bc libffi-dev libldap2-dev libsasl2-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev ostree python3-all-dev  python3-pycryptodome ripgrep rsync ruby-rubygems ruby-dev tox
 
   # pip install some additional components that are helpful for development
   pip3 install bindep