diff --git a/home/bin/setup-home.sh b/home/bin/setup-home.sh
index df8ab6b..b0247ad 100755
--- a/home/bin/setup-home.sh
+++ b/home/bin/setup-home.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -e
+if [ -e /etc/alpine-release ]; then
+    distro="alpine"
+fi
+echo "Installing basic packages"
+case $distro in
+    "alpine")
+        sudo apk update
+        sudo apk add \
+            bash \
+            coreutils \
+            git \
+            less \
+            python3 \
+            rxvt-unicode-terminfo \
+            tmux \
+            vim \
+            zsh \
+            zsh-vcs
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "unknown distribution “${distro}”"
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
 echo "Setting up powerline"
-fc-cache -vf
+fc-cache -vf || true
+pip3 install --user powerline-status