diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/installer/quickinst b/usr/share/archboot/installer/quickinst
index c03cb40ab..56284400c 100755
--- a/usr/share/archboot/installer/quickinst
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/installer/quickinst
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ install_packages() {
     # always add systemd-sysvcompat components
     PACKAGES="$(echo ${PACKAGES} | sed -e "s#\ systemd-sysvcompat\ # #g")"
     PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} systemd-sysvcompat"
+    ### HACK:
+    # always add intel-ucode
+    PACKAGES="$(echo ${PACKAGES} | sed -e "s#\ intel-ucode\ # #g")"
+    PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} intel-ucode"
     ### HACK: circular depends are possible in base, install filesystem first!
     PACKAGES="$(echo ${PACKAGES} | sed -e "s#\ filesystem\ # #g")"
     PACKAGES="filesystem ${PACKAGES}"
diff --git a/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup b/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
index c2d24cc23..d5360536d 100755
--- a/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
+++ b/usr/share/archboot/installer/setup
@@ -2899,6 +2899,10 @@ select_packages() {
     # always add systemd-sysvcompat components
     PACKAGES="$(echo ${PACKAGES} | sed -e "s#\ systemd-sysvcompat\ # #g")"
     PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} systemd-sysvcompat"
+    ### HACK:
+    # always add intel-ucode
+    PACKAGES="$(echo ${PACKAGES} | sed -e "s#\ intel-ucode\ # #g")"
+    PACKAGES="${PACKAGES} intel-ucode"
     ### HACK: circular depends are possible in base, install filesystem first!
     PACKAGES="$(echo ${PACKAGES} | sed -e "s#\ filesystem\ # #g")"
     PACKAGES="filesystem ${PACKAGES}"