diff --git a/app/views/unattended/provisioning_templates/host_init_config/host_init_config_default.erb b/app/views/unattended/provisioning_templates/host_init_config/host_init_config_default.erb
index b19514ae0d3..fbc84205d68 100644
--- a/app/views/unattended/provisioning_templates/host_init_config/host_init_config_default.erb
+++ b/app/views/unattended/provisioning_templates/host_init_config/host_init_config_default.erb
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ exit_and_cancel_build() {
 set +e
 trap 'exit_and_cancel_build' ERR
 
+<% if plugin_present?('katello') && @host.operatingsystem.family == 'Debian' -%>
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+apt-get -y update
+<% end -%>
+
 <% if !host_param_true?('skip-puppet-setup') && (host_puppet_server.present? || host_param_true?('force-puppet')) -%>
 <%= snippet 'puppetlabs_repo' %>
 <%= snippet 'puppet_setup' %>