diff --git a/resources/ansible/roles/server/tasks/main.yml b/resources/ansible/roles/server/tasks/main.yml
index d1aac1d10f..531e6fa74d 100644
--- a/resources/ansible/roles/server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/resources/ansible/roles/server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
   with_items: '{{ server.packages }}'
   when: server.packages is defined
 
+- name: Pip install ndg-httpsclient
+  shell: pip install ndg-httpsclient
+  sudo: yes
+
 - name: Configure the timezone
   sudo: yes
   template: src=timezone.j2 dest=/etc/timezone
diff --git a/resources/ansible/vars/all.yml b/resources/ansible/vars/all.yml
index d90cfd8640..e1282c99b5 100644
--- a/resources/ansible/vars/all.yml
+++ b/resources/ansible/vars/all.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ server:
         - xpdf
         - libav-tools
         - gpac
+        - python
+        - python-urllib3
+        - python3-openssl
+        - python-pyasn1
+        - python-pyasn1-modules
+        - python3-pyasn1
+        - python-pip
     timezone: UTC
     locales:
         - en_GB.UTF-8