diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c7ad4f5..c73d56c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ https://gitlab.com/systemrescue/systemrescue-sources/-/issues/278
 * Don't waste ram when using the archiso_http_srv option (#56)
 * mountall: run udevadm settle to mount newly opened cryptodisks, improve messages
 * Add rclone option to the "sysconfig" scope of YAML config file, it writes a rclone.conf file
+* Added packages: whois (mkpasswd)
 
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 9.04 (2022-08-07):
diff --git a/airootfs/usr/bin/check-binaries.sh b/airootfs/usr/bin/check-binaries.sh
index 6a32693..2b5ee47 100755
--- a/airootfs/usr/bin/check-binaries.sh
+++ b/airootfs/usr/bin/check-binaries.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,19 @@ do
 
 done
 
+# check for missing programs
+# mkpasswd might be packaged separately from whois in the future
+for curfile in /usr/bin/mkpasswd ; \
+do
+   if ! [[ -x "${curfile}" ]]; then
+        echo "ERROR: Program ${curfile} is missing"
+        errcnt=$((errcnt + 1))
+    fi
+done
+
 if [ ${errcnt} -eq 0 ]
 then
-    echo "SUCCESS: Have not found any missing library"
+    echo "SUCCESS: Have not found any missing library or program"
     exit 0
 else
     echo "FAILURE: Have found ${errcnt} issues"
diff --git a/packages b/packages
index 0e19353..583eabc 100644
--- a/packages
+++ b/packages
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ vpnc
 wget
 whdd
 which
+whois
 wimlib
 wipe
 wireguard-tools