diff --git a/releases/weekly/portage/cloud-stages/package.use/iputils b/releases/weekly/portage/cloud-stages/package.use/iputils
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9cde931b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releases/weekly/portage/cloud-stages/package.use/iputils
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net-misc/iputils -caps -filecaps
diff --git a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-cloud.spec b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-cloud.spec
index 93fbf57b..240d14eb 100644
--- a/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-cloud.spec
+++ b/releases/weekly/specs/amd64/stage4-cloud.spec
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ stage4/packages:
 	app-portage/eix
 	app-portage/gentoolkit
 	net-misc/dhcpcd
+	net-misc/iputils
 	sys-boot/grub
 	sys-apps/dmidecode
 	sys-apps/gptfdisk