diff --git a/scripts/repo_packages.sh b/scripts/repo_packages.sh
index 67dd744f0bd6ad6d1f22ab0da91c3d4b709429f7..f31201199b92e885e395f3f2e5ddea353e09e7e5 100755
--- a/scripts/repo_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/repo_packages.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ echo "Updating package lists..."
 apt-get update
 echo "ok."
 
+echo "Installing dpkg-dev..."
+apt-get install --yes dpkg-dev
+echo "ok."
+
 echo "hey apt - which packages do we need (and where do we get them)?"
 PKG_URLS=$(apt-get install --reinstall --print-uris -qq $PKG_LIST | cut -d"'" -f2)