diff --git a/documentation/poky.ent b/documentation/poky.ent
index 216015826f..37763481cd 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.ent
+++ b/documentation/poky.ent
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_PATH "&YOCTO_POKY;/oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_FILE "oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo gcc-multilib \
-     build-essential chrpath">
+     build-essential chrpath socat">
 <!ENTITY FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch \
      diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath \
-     ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue">
+     ccache perl-Data-Dumper perl-Text-ParseWords perl-Thread-Queue socat">
 <!ENTITY OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget python-xml \
-     diffstat texinfo python-curses patch">
+     diffstat texinfo python-curses patch socat">
 <!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">
+     diffutils diffstat git cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath socat">