diff --git a/JeOS.kiwi b/JeOS.kiwi
index 76a7e9b..3a4a70e 100644
--- a/JeOS.kiwi
+++ b/JeOS.kiwi
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@
         <package name="live-add-yast-repos"/>
         <!-- <package name="rsyslog"/> for SLE -->
         <package name="systemd-logger"/> <!-- for openSUSE -->
+        <package name="zypper-needs-restarting"/> <!-- Some deployment script use this (bsc#1173548) -->
     </packages>
 
     <!-- Not needed in OpenStack as it uses XFS and cloud-init -->
diff --git a/kiwi-templates-JeOS.changes b/kiwi-templates-JeOS.changes
index 82f017c..518c8df 100644
--- a/kiwi-templates-JeOS.changes
+++ b/kiwi-templates-JeOS.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Aug 27 10:28:32 UTC 2020 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>
+
+- Add zypper-needs-restarting (bsc#1173548)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jul 13 07:04:18 UTC 2020 - Fabian Vogt <fvogt@suse.com>