diff --git a/client/tasks/kde.yml b/client/tasks/kde.yml
index 3fc250889ab46a99c4103ecfe163379c7d0a4356..3f0da2bb5f3ece7f803e786b7d6fe101a5ca2892 100644
--- a/client/tasks/kde.yml
+++ b/client/tasks/kde.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,29 @@
     - plasma-widgets-addons
     - polkit-kde-agent-1
     - sweeper
+  tags:
+    - packages
+    - kde
+    - desktop
+    - kde-standard
+
+- name: ensure reasonable subset of kdeutils is installed
+  apt: name={{ item }} state=installed
+  with_items:
+    - ark
+    - filelight
+    - kcalc
+    - kcharselect
+    - kdf
+    - kgpg
+    - ktimer
+    - kwalletmanager
+    - sweeper
+  tags:
+    - packages
+    - kde
+    - desktop
+    - kdeutils
 
 - name: ensure reasonable subset of kde-full is installed
   apt: name={{ item }} state=installed
@@ -58,7 +81,6 @@
     - kdeadmin
     - kdegames
     - kdegraphics
-    - kdeutils
   tags:
     - packages
     - kde