diff --git a/documentation/poky.ent b/documentation/poky.ent
index 8e0af71..ae8e70e 100644
--- a/documentation/poky.ent
+++ b/documentation/poky.ent
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@
 <!ENTITY OE_INIT_FILE "oe-init-build-env">
 <!ENTITY UBUNTU_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "awk wget git-core diffstat unzip texinfo build-essential chrpath">
 <!ENTITY FEDORA_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "awk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch diffutils diffstat git
-cpp gcc gcc-c++ eglibc-devel texinfo chrpath ccache">
+cpp gcc gcc-c++ eglibc-devel texinfo chrpath ccache lsb-release">
 <!ENTITY OPENSUSE_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "python gcc gcc-c++ git chrpath make wget diffstat texinfo python-curses">
 <!ENTITY CENTOS_HOST_PACKAGES_ESSENTIAL "gawk make wget tar bzip2 gzip python unzip perl patch diffutils diffstat git
-cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath">
+cpp gcc gcc-c++ glibc-devel texinfo chrpath lsb-release">
 
diff --git a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
index 3806bc5..f0cc11c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/sanity.bbclass
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Sanity check the users setup for common misconfigurations
 #
 
-SANITY_REQUIRED_UTILITIES ?= "patch diffstat makeinfo git bzip2 tar gzip gawk chrpath wget cpio"
+SANITY_REQUIRED_UTILITIES ?= "bzip2 chrpath cpio diffstat gawk git gzip lsb_release makeinfo patch tar wget"
 
 python check_bblayers_conf() {
     bblayers_fn = os.path.join(d.getVar('TOPDIR', True), 'conf/bblayers.conf')