diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-builder/builddeb-genesis-base b/xCAT-genesis-builder/builddeb-genesis-base
index 8a687a60a..5c4091a69 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-builder/builddeb-genesis-base
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-builder/builddeb-genesis-base
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ REQUIRED_PACKAGES="
     nfs-common rpcbind pciutils usbutils parted
     dosfstools e2fsprogs lvm2 mdadm net-tools
     bc psmisc rsync wget cpio
+    isc-dhcp-client ifenslave util-linux-extra
     dpkg-dev debhelper fakeroot devscripts vim-tiny
 "
 if [ "$BUILDARCH" = "amd64" ]; then
@@ -141,6 +142,11 @@ fi
 echo "Adding kernel $KERNEL_IMAGE"
 cp "$KERNEL_IMAGE" "$GENESIS_ROOT/kernel"
 
+# dracut_install reports a missing command and returns, so a hole reaches the .deb with
+# nothing in the log but one line. Read the commands back from the module and check them
+# against the payload, the way xCAT-genesis-base.spec does for EL.
+bash "$DIR/verify-genesis-payload" --commands-from "$DRACUTMODDIR/module-setup.sh" "$GENESIS_FS"
+
 find "$GENESIS_TMPDIR" -type c -delete
 
 # Stage for dpkg-buildpackage