diff --git a/packages.json b/packages.json
index f4e71b9f867..fa1d6c63253 100644
--- a/packages.json
+++ b/packages.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 				"make",
 				"mesa-libGLU",
 				"nautilus-gsconnect",
+				"playerctl",
 				"pulseaudio-utils",
 				"python3-pip",
 				"samba-dcerpc",