diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 94a0b6d22f853c21ffa15e37d133b6751aa509b4..c3ab32a6fc4514ca9e2d05c649b97db8f17d3c40 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ Supported platforms
 -------------------
 
 - Debian 9
-- More to come
+- Ubuntu 18
 
 Dependencies
 ------------
diff --git a/tasks/packages.yml b/tasks/packages.yml
index 7fecfc0a178b5d386c2711f53ff434cdd91b29e6..396b0d05c8978920dd15cc5a28e02a3b4dfbba2f 100644
--- a/tasks/packages.yml
+++ b/tasks/packages.yml
@@ -24,3 +24,11 @@
       - libffi-dev
       # not strictly needed but useful
       - "curl"
+
+- name: "Install Ubuntu-specific dependencies"
+  when: ansible_distribution == 'Ubuntu'
+  become: true
+  package:
+    name:
+      # needed for redis to start
+      - "policykit-1"