diff --git a/system.scm b/system.scm
index f76404d..f50cbd0 100644
--- a/system.scm
+++ b/system.scm
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
                           (specification->package "firefox")
                           (specification->package "libreoffice")
                           (specification->package "git")
+                          (specification->package "curl")
+                          (specification->package "rust")
                           (specification->package "zsh")) %base-packages))
 
   ;; Below is the list of system services.  To search for available