diff --git a/simple-cdd/profiles/offline.downloads b/simple-cdd/profiles/offline.downloads
index dc8d07a..003d1eb 100644
--- a/simple-cdd/profiles/offline.downloads
+++ b/simple-cdd/profiles/offline.downloads
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ virtualbox-guest-x11
 virtualbox-guest-utils
 hyperv-daemons
 qemu-guest-agent
+# Ensure unrar is available, otherwise the "unrar | unar" dependency
+# in kali-linux-headless ends up satisfied by the unar alternative
+unrar