diff --git a/files/rpms-suse/general b/files/rpms-suse/general
index 98c279581e..704947ea53 100644
--- a/files/rpms-suse/general
+++ b/files/rpms-suse/general
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tcpdump
 unzip
 vim-enhanced
 wget
+bc
 
 findutils-locate # useful when debugging
 lsof # useful when debugging
diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index 40246ea4ab..6cfe31eaf1 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ tcpdump
 unzip
 wget
 which
+bc
 
 # [1] : some of installed tools have unversioned dependencies on this,
 # but others have versioned (<=0.7).  So if a later version (0.7.1)