diff --git a/playbook.yml b/playbook.yml
index 6eac7c1..97b1a23 100644
--- a/playbook.yml
+++ b/playbook.yml
@@ -194,6 +194,12 @@
           vars:
             pkg_query: "{{ '*.%s[]'|format(distro) }}"
 
+        - name: install additional packages
+          package:
+            name: "{{ machine.additional_packages|default([]) }}"
+            state: present
+          become: true
+
         - name: remove unconfigured packages
           script:
             cmd: ./remove-unconfigured-packages.sh --noconfirm
diff --git a/remove-unconfigured-packages.sh b/remove-unconfigured-packages.sh
index dd99a15..3f015da 100755
--- a/remove-unconfigured-packages.sh
+++ b/remove-unconfigured-packages.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ declare -a packages_to_remove=()
 
 readarray -d $'\0' -t packages_to_remove < <(comm --zero-terminated -13 \
   <(cat \
+    <(<_machines/"$(hostname --short)".yml yaml2json | jq --raw-output0 '(.additional_packages // [])[]') \
     <(<packages.yml yaml2json | jq --raw-output0 'map(.archlinux) | flatten[]') \
     <(for dep in "${aurdeps[@]}" "${cpu_packages[@]}" "${gpu_packages[@]}" ; do printf '%s\0' "${dep}" ; done) \
   | while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' package; do