diff --git a/shell/tasks/shell.yml b/shell/tasks/shell.yml
index 665c00c711510e9d00725208683b41982896d328..e874c4d8761c65379e67230c6a00b5f1637bcdfd 100644
--- a/shell/tasks/shell.yml
+++ b/shell/tasks/shell.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
       - ethtool
       - file
       - git-extras
+      - mercurial
       - htop
       - iotop
       - lsof