diff --git a/client/tasks/desktop.yml b/client/tasks/desktop.yml
index 248978dc5d63b5a6387b278774115dafd3b9611e..bc63bc32a03820822bf938b6a0327bf0b0509f79 100644
--- a/client/tasks/desktop.yml
+++ b/client/tasks/desktop.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 - name: ensure development applications are installed
   apt: name={{ item }} state=latest
   with_items:
+    - dia
     - subversion
     - emacs
     - joe