diff --git a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
index 53c02fc49da09965aa7bdc25de3859891364f48b..0ab3b419a7e0356d7a3d4dba45bf4273124dde6e 100644
--- a/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/common/tasks/main.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
   set_fact:
     host_has_local_dns_resolver: "{{ dns_servers|length == 1 and '127.0.0.1' in dns_servers }}"
 
+- name: install inetutils for hostname
+  pacman: name=inetutils state=present
+
 - name: set hostname
   hostname: name="{{ inventory_hostname }}"
 
diff --git a/roles/common/templates/pacman.conf.j2 b/roles/common/templates/pacman.conf.j2
index 27563fe34705d6df284b6f60de79811f2895cd68..dffd5d1fecaf85de1cbc4702314eb82432c78549 100644
--- a/roles/common/templates/pacman.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/common/templates/pacman.conf.j2
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ UseSyslog
 Color
 CheckSpace
 VerbosePkgLists
-#ParallelDownloads = 5
+ParallelDownloads = 5
 
 # By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
 # trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.