diff --git a/tools/dev/p4vm/install-p4-tools.sh b/tools/dev/p4vm/install-p4-tools.sh
index cdd863c453..015f42d7e1 100755
--- a/tools/dev/p4vm/install-p4-tools.sh
+++ b/tools/dev/p4vm/install-p4-tools.sh
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function do_requirements {
         wget \
         unzip
 
-    sudo -H pip install setuptools cffi ipaddr pypcap
+    sudo -H pip install setuptools cffi ipaddr ipaddress pypcap
 }
 
 function do_requirements_1404 {
diff --git a/tools/dev/p4vm/root-bootstrap.sh b/tools/dev/p4vm/root-bootstrap.sh
index 7b28487a8a..907a37213c 100755
--- a/tools/dev/p4vm/root-bootstrap.sh
+++ b/tools/dev/p4vm/root-bootstrap.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
     vlan \
     ntp \
     vim nano emacs \
+    arping \
 
 
 curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py -o get-pip.py