diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tailscale.nix b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tailscale.nix
index 4d6aeb75ebd1..9a692f12b3d4 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/networking/tailscale.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/networking/tailscale.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ in {
   };
 
   config = mkIf cfg.enable {
+    environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.tailscale ]; # for the CLI
     systemd.services.tailscale = {
       description = "Tailscale client daemon";