diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
index cd7ea0f..605441b 100644
--- a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from bootstrapvz.common import task_groups
+import tasks.apt
 import tasks.boot
 import tasks.configuration
 import tasks.image
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
     taskset.update(task_groups.get_standard_groups(manifest))
 
     taskset.update([apt.AddBackports,
+                    apt.AddDefaultSources,
                     loopback.AddRequiredCommands,
                     loopback.Create,
                     tasks.packages.DefaultPackages,
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ def resolve_tasks(taskset, manifest):
                     ssh.AddSSHKeyGeneration,
                     ssh.DisableSSHPasswordAuthentication,
                     ssh.DisableRootLogin,
+                    tasks.apt.AddBaselineAptCache,
                     image.MoveImage,
                     tasks.image.CreateTarball,
                     volume.Delete,
diff --git a/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/tasks/apt.py b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/tasks/apt.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e287d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootstrapvz/providers/gce/tasks/apt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from bootstrapvz.base import Task
+from bootstrapvz.common import phases
+from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import apt
+from bootstrapvz.common.tasks import network
+from bootstrapvz.common.tools import log_check_call
+
+
+class AddBaselineAptCache(Task):
+    description = 'Add a baseline apt cache into the image.'
+    phase = phases.system_cleaning
+    predecessors = [apt.AptClean]
+    successors = [network.RemoveDNSInfo]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def run(cls, info):
+        log_check_call(['chroot', info.root, 'apt-get', 'update'])
diff --git a/manifests/official/gce/README.rst b/manifests/official/gce/README.rst
index c44657b..b13a601 100644
--- a/manifests/official/gce/README.rst
+++ b/manifests/official/gce/README.rst
@@ -11,10 +11,11 @@ Debian 8 Jessie Package Notes:
 * cloud-utils and cloud-guest-utils are pulled in from backports as they provide a fixed version of growpart to safely grow the root partition on disks >2TB.
 * google-cloud-sdk is pulled from a Google Cloud repository.
 * google-compute-engine is pulled from a Google Cloud repository.
+* google-compute-engine-init is pulled from a Google Cloud repository.
 * google-config is pulled from a Google Cloud repository.
 
 jessie-minimal Notes:
-The only additions are the necessary google-compute-engine and google-config packages. This image is not published on GCE however the manifest is provided here for those wishing a minimal GCE Debian image.
+The only additions are the necessary google-compute-engine, google-compute-engine-init, and google-config packages. This image is not published on GCE however the manifest is provided here for those wishing a minimal GCE Debian image.
 
 Note: Debian 7 Wheezy and Backports Debian 7 Wheezy are deprecated images on GCE and are no longer supported.
 These manifests are provided here for historic purposes.
diff --git a/manifests/official/gce/jessie-minimal.yml b/manifests/official/gce/jessie-minimal.yml
index 85640bf..a933143 100644
--- a/manifests/official/gce/jessie-minimal.yml
+++ b/manifests/official/gce/jessie-minimal.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ volume:
       filesystem: ext4
       size: 10GiB
 packages:
+  include-source-type: true
   sources:
     google-cloud:
       - deb http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt google-cloud-compute-{system.release} main
   install:
     - google-compute-engine-{system.release}
+    - google-compute-engine-init-{system.release}
     - google-config-{system.release}
 plugins:
   google_cloud_repo:
diff --git a/manifests/official/gce/jessie.yml b/manifests/official/gce/jessie.yml
index bcdf4fa..50a000d 100644
--- a/manifests/official/gce/jessie.yml
+++ b/manifests/official/gce/jessie.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ volume:
       filesystem: ext4
       size: 10GiB
 packages:
+  include-source-type: true
   sources:
     google-cloud:
       - deb http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk-{system.release} main
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ packages:
     - cloud-utils
     - google-cloud-sdk
     - google-compute-engine-{system.release}
+    - google-compute-engine-init-{system.release}
     - google-config-{system.release}
     - python-crcmod
     - screen