diff --git a/test/verify/check-metrics b/test/verify/check-metrics
index 931908098c48..7e39b6e5ac6b 100755
--- a/test/verify/check-metrics
+++ b/test/verify/check-metrics
@@ -1377,7 +1377,7 @@ class TestMetricsPackages(packagelib.PackageCase):
             return
 
         if m.image.startswith("debian") or m.image.startswith("ubuntu"):
-            m.execute("dpkg --purge libpcp-pmda-perl python3-pcp pcp redis redis-server")
+            m.execute("dpkg --purge libpcp-pmda-perl python3-pcp pcp-dstat pcp redis redis-server")
             # HACK: pcp does not clean up correctly on Debian https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=986074
             m.execute("rm -f /etc/systemd/system/pmlogger.service.requires/pmlogger_farm.service")
         else: