diff --git a/tests/test_basic.py b/tests/test_basic.py
index 5f1aa80..2bf6dd4 100644
--- a/tests/test_basic.py
+++ b/tests/test_basic.py
@@ -25,3 +25,20 @@ def test_ssh_service_running_and_enabled(host):
 def test_ssh_is_installed(host):
     pkg = host.package("openssh-server")
     assert pkg.is_installed
+
+
+def test_pkgis_installed(host):
+    for pkg in [
+        "git",
+        "wget",
+        "curl",
+        "gpg",
+        "ca-certificates",
+        "zip",
+        "python3-pip",
+        "virtualenv",
+        "python3-setuptools",
+        "ntp",
+        "ufw",
+    ]:
+        assert host.package(pkg).is_installed