diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_unarchive/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_unarchive/tasks/main.yml
index 39f614fd75..06ca81151b 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_unarchive/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_unarchive/tasks/main.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,15 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# Make sure we start fresh
+
+- name: Ensure zip is present to create test archive (yum)
+  yum: name=zip state=latest
+  when: ansible_pkg_mgr  ==  'yum'
+
+- name: Ensure zip is present to create test archive (apt)
+  yum: name=zip state=latest
+  when: ansible_pkg_mgr  ==  'apt'
 
 - name: prep our file
   copy: src=foo.txt dest={{output_dir}}/foo-unarchive.txt