diff --git a/appliances/jenkins/package.use b/appliances/jenkins/package.use
index a71bf3a..1fcc581 100644
--- a/appliances/jenkins/package.use
+++ b/appliances/jenkins/package.use
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ sys-devel/gcc cxx nptl
 sys-kernel/gentoo-sources symlink
 
 # for Jenkins
+dev-lang/python sqlite
+dev-vcs/mercurial python_targets_python2_7
 www-servers/nginx http
diff --git a/appliances/jenkins/world b/appliances/jenkins/world
index d0daf9d..6512cd2 100644
--- a/appliances/jenkins/world
+++ b/appliances/jenkins/world
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 dev-java/icedtea-bin
+dev-python/setuptools
+dev-python/virtualenv
+dev-vcs/git
+dev-vcs/mercurial
+dev-vcs/subversion
 www-servers/nginx