diff --git a/kickstart/recipes/kickstart/apt.sh b/kickstart/recipes/kickstart/apt.sh
index 747c2e4..0bb793b 100644
--- a/kickstart/recipes/kickstart/apt.sh
+++ b/kickstart/recipes/kickstart/apt.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 kickstart.apt.ppa() {
-  kickstart.mute add-apt-repository -y "$1"
-  kickstart.package.update
+  if ! cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/* | kickstart.stream.contains "${1#ppa:}"; then
+    if ! kickstart.command_exists add-apt-repository; then
+      kickstart.info "Required add-apt-repository command not found. Installing package."
+      kickstart.package.install python-software-properties || kickstart.package.install software-properties-common
+    fi
+
+    kickstart.mute add-apt-repository -y "$1"
+    kickstart.package.update
+  fi
 }
 
 kickstart.apt.add_key_from_url() {