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@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ The following packages are needed to run bocker.
 
 * util-linux >= 2.25.2
 * btrfs-progs
+* iptables
+* iproute2
 
 Because most distributions do not ship a new enough version of util-linux you will probably need grab the sources from [here](https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.25/) and compile it yourself.