diff --git a/ansible/arcodange/factory/playbooks/01_system.yml b/ansible/arcodange/factory/playbooks/01_system.yml
index db55d7d..07bb615 100644
--- a/ansible/arcodange/factory/playbooks/01_system.yml
+++ b/ansible/arcodange/factory/playbooks/01_system.yml
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@
         type: collection
         name: git+https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s-ansible
       run_once: true
+    
+    - name: Install socat for kubectl port forwarding
+      ansible.builtin.apt:
+        name: socat
+        state: present
+        update_cache: yes
 
 - name: k3s
   tags: never,k3s