diff --git a/lib/beaker-hostgenerator/hypervisor/docker.rb b/lib/beaker-hostgenerator/hypervisor/docker.rb
index 29e1ab99..fd77ab90 100644
--- a/lib/beaker-hostgenerator/hypervisor/docker.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker-hostgenerator/hypervisor/docker.rb
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ def generate_node(node_info, base_config, bhg_version)
                                       when /1404/
                                         ['apt-transport-https']
                                       when /1604/
-                                        ['locales']
+                                        ['locales', 'lsb-release']
                                       else
-                                        ['locales', 'iproute2', 'gnupg']
+                                        ['locales', 'iproute2', 'gnupg', 'lsb-release']
                                       end
 
           docker_commands << "apt-get install -y net-tools wget #{extra_packages_to_install.join(' ')}"
diff --git a/test/fixtures/per-host-settings/docker-regex-validation.yaml b/test/fixtures/per-host-settings/docker-regex-validation.yaml
index d498d85d..1d63eed8 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/per-host-settings/docker-regex-validation.yaml
+++ b/test/fixtures/per-host-settings/docker-regex-validation.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ expected_hash:
       platform: ubuntu-20.04-amd64
       docker_image_commands:
       - cp /bin/true /sbin/agetty
-      - apt-get install -y net-tools wget locales iproute2 gnupg
+      - apt-get install -y net-tools wget locales iproute2 gnupg lsb-release
       - locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
       - echo LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > /etc/default/locale
       hypervisor: docker