diff --git a/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/base.pp b/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/base.pp
index 9f5cfc86d4..97ec5e1e5e 100644
--- a/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/base.pp
+++ b/puppet/kandra/manifests/profile/base.pp
@@ -32,8 +32,14 @@ class kandra::profile::base {
     'bind9-host',
     'git',
     'nagios-plugins-contrib',
+    'ripgrep',
+    'bat',
   ]
   zulip::safepackage { $org_base_packages: ensure => installed }
+  file { '/usr/local/bin/bat':
+    ensure => link,
+    target => '/usr/bin/batcat',
+  }
 
   # Uninstall the AWS kernel, but only after we install the usual one
   package { ['linux-image-aws', 'linux-headers-aws', 'linux-aws-*', 'linux-image-*-aws', 'linux-modules-*-aws']: