diff --git a/documentation/poky.ent b/documentation/poky.ent
index 4a835ca914..c1e9de0645 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.ent
+++ b/documentation/poky.ent
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ eglibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
      ccache">
 <!ENTITY OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
-     diffstat texinfo python-curses">
+     diffstat texinfo python-curses patch">
 <!ENTITY CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath">