diff --git a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/installer_test.py b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/installer_test.py
index ed508a237b..8ed629cb46 100644
--- a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/installer_test.py
+++ b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/installer_test.py
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ def test_installer_with_instrumentation_default(distro, arch, method):
 
     print(f"Testing installation on {distro} from {STAGE} stage ...")
     dockerfile = get_instrumentation_dockerfile(distro)
+    print(f"Using dockerfile {dockerfile}")
     with run_distro_container(distro, dockerfile=dockerfile, arch=arch, buildargs=buildargs) as container:
         copy_file_into_container(container, INSTALLER_PATH, "/test/install.sh")
         run_container_cmd(container, f"sh -c 'echo \"# This line should be preserved\" >> {PRELOAD_PATH}'")
@@ -407,6 +408,12 @@ def test_installer_with_instrumentation_default(distro, arch, method):
             # npm installed with node v16 only supports python 3.6+, but these distros only provide python 3.5
             # downgrade npm to support python 3.5 in order to build/compile splunk-otel-js
             run_container_cmd(container, "bash -l -c 'npm install --global npm@^6'")
+        if distro in ("opensuse-15", ):
+            # This really, really shouldn't be needed
+            run_container_cmd(container, "zypper -n install -y procps")
+            run_container_cmd(container, "pgrep --help")
+            run_container_cmd(container, "pgrep -f init")
+            
 
         # set global=true for npm to test that splunk-otel-js is still installed locally
         run_container_cmd(container, "sh -l -c 'npm config set global true'")
diff --git a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/package_test.py b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/package_test.py
index 178ab2679f..2b4af1e483 100644
--- a/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/package_test.py
+++ b/internal/buildscripts/packaging/tests/package_test.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def get_package(distro, name, path, arch):
         return None
 
 
-def get_libcap_command(container):
+def get_extra_deps_command(container):
     if container.exec_run("command -v yum").exit_code == 0:
         return "yum install -y libcap"
     elif container.exec_run("command -v dnf").exit_code == 0:
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def test_collector_package_install(distro, arch):
     with run_distro_container(distro, arch) as container:
         # install setcap dependency
         if distro in RPM_DISTROS:
-            run_container_cmd(container, get_libcap_command(container))
+            run_container_cmd(container, get_extra_deps_command(container))
         else:
             run_container_cmd(container, "apt-get update")
             run_container_cmd(container, "apt-get install -y libcap2-bin")