diff --git a/docs/setup/independent/install-kubeadm.md b/docs/setup/independent/install-kubeadm.md
index 7414782c25..a44ed9330e 100644
--- a/docs/setup/independent/install-kubeadm.md
+++ b/docs/setup/independent/install-kubeadm.md
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ For more information on version skews, please read our
 {% capture ubuntu %}
 
 ```bash
-apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
+apt-get update && apt-get install -y apt-transport-https curl
 curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | apt-key add -
 cat <<EOF >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
 deb http://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main