diff --git a/roles/rsyslog-client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/rsyslog-client/tasks/main.yml
index 64c32171cde664f10af548b05b321edde5be4ffd..52cf1abffe29c8b93c24e400b667a9ca3f55b760 100644
--- a/roles/rsyslog-client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/rsyslog-client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
 ---
+- name: Install common tools
+  apt:
+    update_cache: true
+    install_recommends: false
+    name:
+      - rsyslog-relp
+  register: apt_result
+  retries: 3
+  until: apt_result is succeeded
+
 - name: Deploy rsyslog config
   template:
     src: rsyslog.d/50-send_relp.conf.j2