diff --git a/base/packages/common.sls b/base/packages/common.sls
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+common:
+  pkg:
+   - installed
+   - pkgs:
+     - gawk
+     - rename 
+     - jq
+     - rsync
+     - file
+     - curl
+     - quota
+     - screen
+     - iftop
+     - iotop
+     - nmap
+     - htop
+     - less
+     - wget
+     - etckeeper
+     - rsync
+     - localepurge
+     - pbzip2
+     - bzip2
+     - gzip
+     - unzip
+     - libwww-perl
+     - bind9-host
+     - dnsutils
+     - tcpdump
+     - file
+     - augeas-tools
+     - python-pip
+     - python-dev
+     - python-pyinotify
+     - python-m2crypto
+     - python3-m2crypto
+     - lockfile-progs
+     - virt-what
+     - ntp
+     - ntpdate
+     - apt-transport-https
diff --git a/top.sls b/top.sls
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+base:
+  '*':
+    - base.packages.common