diff --git a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
index 3fb2ce66..d468eb99 100644
--- a/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
+++ b/hosts/common/programs/assorted.nix
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ in
       "git"
       "gptfdisk"  # gdisk
       "hdparm"
+      "hping"
       "htop"
       "iftop"
       "inetutils"  # for telnet
@@ -625,6 +626,8 @@ in
       # TODO: probably need /dev and such
     ];
 
+    hping = {};
+
     # seahorse: dump gnome-keyring secrets.
     seahorse.buildCost = 1;
     # N.B. it can lso manage ~/.ssh keys, but i explicitly don't add those to the sandbox for now.