diff --git a/nixos/boxes/bolty/gitea-runner.nix b/nixos/boxes/bolty/gitea-runner.nix
index 4049b332..e7d68580 100644
--- a/nixos/boxes/bolty/gitea-runner.nix
+++ b/nixos/boxes/bolty/gitea-runner.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ in
       url = "https://git.cyplo.dev";
       tokenFile = config.sops.secrets."gitea-runner-token".path;
       name = "bolty1";
+      hostPackages = with pkgs; [
+        bash
+        coreutils
+        curl
+        gawk
+        gitMinimal
+        gnused
+        nodejs
+        wget
+        sudo
+      ];
       labels = [
         "nixery-nix-node:docker://nixery.dev/shell/nix/git/nodejs:latest"
         "nix-flakes:docker://nixpkgs/nix-flakes:latest"