diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/install_systemvm_packages.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/install_systemvm_packages.sh
index d0436b43db3..dac727c4a8d 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/install_systemvm_packages.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/install_systemvm_packages.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function install_packages() {
 
   ${apt_install} \
     rsyslog logrotate cron chkconfig insserv net-tools ifupdown vim-tiny netbase iptables \
-    openssh-server openssl e2fsprogs dhcp3-client tcpdump socat wget \
+    openssh-server e2fsprogs dhcp3-client tcpdump socat wget \
     python bzip2 sed gawk diffutils grep gzip less tar telnet ftp rsync traceroute psmisc lsof procps \
     inetutils-ping iputils-arping httping \
     dnsutils zip unzip ethtool uuid file iproute acpid virt-what sudo \
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/preseed.cfg b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/preseed.cfg
index cac9fc7dbc9..438488bb178 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/preseed.cfg
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/preseed.cfg
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video admin
 
 ### Package selection
 tasksel tasksel/first multiselect ssh-server
-d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server ntp acpid  sudo bzip2
+d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server ntp acpid  sudo bzip2 openssl
 # Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade
 d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none