diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/definition.rb b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/definition.rb
index 59654065617..c3acfc678b8 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/definition.rb
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/definition.rb
@@ -27,15 +27,15 @@ arch = ENV['VM_ARCH'] || 'i386'
 architectures = {
     :i386 => {
         :os_type_id => 'Debian',
-        :iso_file => 'debian-7.6.0-i386-netinst.iso',
-        :iso_src => 'http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.6.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.6.0-i386-netinst.iso',
-        :iso_md5 => '528e1a7315da1bbf50bd4d187880a519',
+        :iso_file => 'iso-cd/debian-7.7.0-i386-netinst.iso',
+        :iso_src => 'http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.7.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.7.0-i386-netinst.iso',
+        :iso_md5 => '76d512c44a9b7eca53ea2812ad5ac36f',
     },
     :amd64 => {
         :os_type_id => 'Debian_64',
-        :iso_file => 'debian-7.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso',
-        :iso_src => 'http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.6.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso',
-        :iso_md5 => '8a3c2ad7fd7a9c4c7e9bcb5cae38c135'
+        :iso_file => 'debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso',
+        :iso_src => 'http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.7.0/amd64/iso-cd/debian-7.7.0-amd64-netinst.iso',
+        :iso_md5 => '0b31bccccb048d20b551f70830bb7ad0'
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/install_systemvm_packages.sh b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/install_systemvm_packages.sh
index bc29e62c1b5..31ba2d4f91f 100644
--- a/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/install_systemvm_packages.sh
+++ b/tools/appliance/definitions/systemvmtemplate/install_systemvm_packages.sh
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ function install_packages() {
     libtcnative-1 libssl-dev libapr1-dev \
     open-vm-tools \
     haproxy \
-    radvd
+    radvd \
+    sharutils
 
   # commented out installation of vmware-tools as we are using the open source open-vm-tools:
   # ${apt_install} build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`