diff --git a/cd.sh b/cd.sh
index f4c9886..25a6488 100644
--- a/cd.sh
+++ b/cd.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ cd_main () {
     cd_upgrade_packages
     cd_install_git
     cd_install_python
+    # TODO move to Python
+    cd_install_rsync
     cd_clean_packages_cache
     cd_install_python_modules ${CD_PYTHON_MODULES}
     cd_execute_python_module ${CD_PYTHON_MODULES}
@@ -108,6 +110,8 @@ cd_set_environment_variables () {
     CD_DNS_FILE="/etc/resolv.conf"
     CD_PKG_CA="ca-certificates"
     CD_PKG_GIT="git"
+    # TODO move to Python
+    CD_PKG_RSYNC="rsync"
     CD_PYTHON_ALIAS="python3"
     cd_split
     cd_echo "CD_DNS_FILE" "CD_PKG_CA" "CD_PKG_GIT" "CD_PYTHON_ALIAS"
@@ -502,6 +506,12 @@ cd_install_python () {
     cd_ln_python "${CD_PYTHON_COMMAND}"
 }
 
+# TODO move to Python
+cd_install_rsync () {
+    cd_step "Install Rsync"
+    cd_install_package "${CD_PKG_RSYNC}"
+}
+
 cd_clean_packages_cache () {
     cd_step "Clean packages cache"
     ${CD_PM_CLEAN} || exit