diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d0f8e22ba..5513c1a09 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - nifi: Add NiFi hadoop Azure and GCP libraries ([#943]).
 - base: Add containerdebug tool ([#928]).
+- tools: Add the package util-linux-core ([#952]).
+  util-linux-core contains a basic set of Linux utilities, including the
+  command logger which allows to enter messages into the system log.
 
 ### Changed
 
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 [#884]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/884
 [#928]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/928
 [#943]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/943
+[#952]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/952
 [#953]: https://github.com/stackabletech/docker-images/pull/953
 
 ## [24.11.0] - 2024-11-18
diff --git a/tools/Dockerfile b/tools/Dockerfile
index 22ef5aa5c..a7cf10b1b 100644
--- a/tools/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/Dockerfile
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ RUN microdnf update && \
     iputils \
     openssl \
     tar \
+    # util-linux-core contains a basic set of Linux utilities, including
+    # the command logger which allows to enter messages into the system
+    # log.
+    # cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
+    # https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe%3A2.3%3Aa%3Akernel%3Autil-linux%3A*%3A*%3A*%3A*%3A*%3A*%3A*%3A
+    util-linux-core \
     zip && \
     microdnf clean all && \
     rm -rf /var/cache/yum