diff --git a/release/tools/ec2.conf b/release/tools/ec2.conf
index e338c989336..4f2af08061b 100644
--- a/release/tools/ec2.conf
+++ b/release/tools/ec2.conf
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Packages to install into the image we're creating.  This is a deliberately
 # minimalist set, providing only the packages necessary to bootstrap further
 # package installation as specified via EC2 user-data.
-export VM_EXTRA_PACKAGES="ec2-scripts firstboot-freebsd-update firstboot-pkgs dual-dhclient"
+export VM_EXTRA_PACKAGES="ec2-scripts firstboot-freebsd-update firstboot-pkgs dual-dhclient-daemon"
 
 # Include the amazon-ssm-agent package in amd64 images, since some users want
 # to be able to use it on systems which are not connected to the Internet.