diff --git a/build-setup.sh b/build-setup.sh
index 4e9eb2e..09d87df 100755
--- a/build-setup.sh
+++ b/build-setup.sh
@@ -163,7 +163,8 @@
       tar \
       texinfo \
       wget \
-      which
+      which \
+      iputils-ping
 
   RUN grep -q ${GROUPS} /etc/group || groupadd -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
   RUN grep -q ${UID} /etc/passwd || useradd -d ${HOME} -m -u ${UID} -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
@@ -204,7 +205,8 @@
       subversion \
       texinfo \
       cpio \
-      wget
+      wget \
+      iputils-ping
 
   # Set the locale
   RUN locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
diff --git a/build-unit-test-docker.sh b/build-unit-test-docker.sh
index c2f8275..37c8f28 100755
--- a/build-unit-test-docker.sh
+++ b/build-unit-test-docker.sh
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@
     sudo \
     wget \
     git \
-    dbus
+    dbus \
+    iputils-ping
 
 RUN easy_install pip
 RUN pip install inflection
diff --git a/initramfs-build.sh b/initramfs-build.sh
index 65abf39..4a9ad7d 100755
--- a/initramfs-build.sh
+++ b/initramfs-build.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 	git \
 	python \
 	unzip \
-	wget
+	wget \
+	iputils-ping
 
 RUN grep -q ${GROUPS} /etc/group || groupadd -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
 RUN grep -q ${UID} /etc/passwd || useradd -d ${HOME} -m -u ${UID} -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
diff --git a/kernel-build-setup.sh b/kernel-build-setup.sh
index 89c2d2f..84eb6f5 100755
--- a/kernel-build-setup.sh
+++ b/kernel-build-setup.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 	gcc-arm-linux-gnu \
 	hostname \
 	make \
+	iputils-ping \
 	uboot-tools xz
 
 RUN grep -q ${GROUPS} /etc/group || groupadd -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
diff --git a/kernel-build.sh b/kernel-build.sh
index d1a52f2..21dd093 100755
--- a/kernel-build.sh
+++ b/kernel-build.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 	build-essential \
 	git \
 	gcc-powerpc64le-linux-gnu \
-	software-properties-common
+	software-properties-common \
+	iputils-ping
 
 RUN apt-add-repository -y multiverse && apt-get update && apt-get install -yy \
 	dwarves \
diff --git a/openpower-build-setup.sh b/openpower-build-setup.sh
index 04c8cd6..7920df6 100755
--- a/openpower-build-setup.sh
+++ b/openpower-build-setup.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@
 	wget \
 	which \
 	zlib-devel \
-	zlib-static
+	zlib-static \
+	iputils-ping
 
 RUN grep -q ${GROUPS} /etc/group || groupadd -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
 RUN grep -q ${UID} /etc/passwd || useradd -d ${HOME} -m -u ${UID} -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
@@ -123,7 +124,8 @@
 	vim-common \
 	wget\
 	xsltproc \
-        libssl-dev
+        libssl-dev \
+	iputils-ping
 
 RUN grep -q ${GROUPS} /etc/group || groupadd -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
 RUN grep -q ${UID} /etc/passwd || useradd -d ${HOME} -m -u ${UID} -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
diff --git a/qemu-build.sh b/qemu-build.sh
index c62cefb..33a2a00 100755
--- a/qemu-build.sh
+++ b/qemu-build.sh
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@
     libpixman-1-dev \
     make \
     python-yaml \
-    python3-yaml
+    python3-yaml \
+    iputils-ping
 
 RUN grep -q ${GROUPS} /etc/group || groupadd -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}
 RUN grep -q ${UID} /etc/passwd || useradd -d ${HOME} -m -u ${UID} -g ${GROUPS} ${USER}