diff --git a/release/tools/gce.conf b/release/tools/gce.conf
index 29d1faf66bd9..5c1b801028a3 100644
--- a/release/tools/gce.conf
+++ b/release/tools/gce.conf
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 # Set to a list of packages to install.
 export VM_EXTRA_PACKAGES="firstboot-freebsd-update firstboot-pkgs \
-	google-cloud-sdk panicmail sudo sysutils/py-google-compute-engine"
+	google-cloud-sdk panicmail sudo sysutils/py-google-compute-engine \
+	lang/python lang/python2 lang/python3"
 
 # Set to a list of third-party software to enable in rc.conf(5).
 export VM_RC_LIST="ntpd sshd growfs\