diff --git a/archinstall/applications/print_service.py b/archinstall/applications/print_service.py
index fbe28f89..6e4c21a4 100644
--- a/archinstall/applications/print_service.py
+++ b/archinstall/applications/print_service.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 class PrintServiceApp:
 	@property
 	def packages(self) -> list[str]:
-		return ['cups', 'system-config-printer', 'cups-pk-helper']
+		return ['cups', 'system-config-printer', 'cups-pk-helper', 'ghostscript']
 
 	@property
 	def services(self) -> list[str]:
diff --git a/tests/test_applications.py b/tests/test_applications.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ddb87ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_applications.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from archinstall.applications.print_service import PrintServiceApp
+
+
+def test_print_service_includes_ghostscript() -> None:
+	# cups only ships the PDF/PostScript rendering filter through ghostscript,
+	# so driverless (IPP Everywhere) printing fails without it.
+	assert 'ghostscript' in PrintServiceApp().packages