diff --git a/.puppet/manifests/site.pp b/.puppet/manifests/site.pp
index 043f24dbb..2515066fe 100644
--- a/.puppet/manifests/site.pp
+++ b/.puppet/manifests/site.pp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ node default {
   class { 'epel':
     stage => repositories,
   }
+  include base
   include icinga2_dev
   include icingaweb2_dev
   include motd
diff --git a/.puppet/profiles/base/manifests/init.pp b/.puppet/profiles/base/manifests/init.pp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fae87a1cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.puppet/profiles/base/manifests/init.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class base {
+  package { [ 'vim-enhanced', 'bash-completion', 'htop' ]:
+    ensure => latest,
+  }
+}