diff --git a/puppet/src/profiles/manifests/base.pp b/puppet/src/profiles/manifests/base.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..924e110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/puppet/src/profiles/manifests/base.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+
+class profiles::base {
+
+  package { [
+      'git',
+    ]:
+    ensure => 'installed',
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/puppet/src/profiles/manifests/ebrc_jenkins.pp b/puppet/src/profiles/manifests/ebrc_jenkins.pp
index 5853a2d..b0accd4 100644
--- a/puppet/src/profiles/manifests/ebrc_jenkins.pp
+++ b/puppet/src/profiles/manifests/ebrc_jenkins.pp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # for EuPathDB
 class profiles::ebrc_jenkins {
 
+    include ::profiles::base
     include ::profiles::ebrc_java_stack
     include ::profiles::local_home
     include ::ebrc_jenkins