diff --git a/contrib/scripts/install_prereq b/contrib/scripts/install_prereq
index 06eb05e71445877eae1c5e03617864368d106e4b..afad1f71967f30eb45454222813779fb2ae6cc7a 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/install_prereq
+++ b/contrib/scripts/install_prereq
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ PACKAGES_DEBIAN="$PACKAGES_DEBIAN libpq-dev unixodbc-dev libsqlite0-dev libmysql
 PACKAGES_DEBIAN="$PACKAGES_DEBIAN libopenh323-dev libvpb-dev libgtk2.0-dev libmysqlclient-dev libbluetooth-dev libradiusclient-ng-dev freetds-dev"
 PACKAGES_DEBIAN="$PACKAGES_DEBIAN libsnmp-dev libiksemel-dev libcorosync-dev libnewt-dev libpopt-dev libical-dev libspandsp-dev libjack-dev"
 PACKAGES_DEBIAN="$PACKAGES_DEBIAN libresample-dev libc-client-dev binutils-dev libsrtp-dev libgsm1-dev libedit-dev doxygen libjansson-dev libldap-dev"
-PACKAGES_DEBIAN="$PACKAGES_DEBIAN subversion git libxslt1-dev"
+PACKAGES_DEBIAN="$PACKAGES_DEBIAN subversion git libxslt1-dev automake libsrtp-dev libncurses5-dev python-dev"
 PACKAGES_RH="automake gcc gcc-c++ ncurses-devel openssl-devel libxml2-devel unixODBC-devel libcurl-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel speex-devel"
 PACKAGES_RH="$PACKAGES_RH spandsp-devel freetds-devel net-snmp-devel iksemel-devel corosynclib-devel newt-devel popt-devel libtool-ltdl-devel lua-devel"
 PACKAGES_RH="$PACKAGES_RH sqlite-devel libsqlite3x-devel radiusclient-ng-devel portaudio-devel postgresql-devel libresample-devel neon-devel libical-devel"
 PACKAGES_RH="$PACKAGES_RH openldap-devel gmime22-devel sqlite2-devel mysql-devel bluez-libs-devel jack-audio-connection-kit-devel gsm-devel libedit-devel libuuid-devel"
-PACKAGES_RH="$PACKAGES_RH jansson-devel libsrtp-devel pjproject-devel subversion git libxslt-devel"
+PACKAGES_RH="$PACKAGES_RH jansson-devel libsrtp-devel pjproject-devel subversion git libxslt-devel python-devel"
 
 PACKAGES_OBSD="popt gmake wget libxml libogg libvorbis curl iksemel spandsp speex iodbc freetds-0.63p1-msdblib mysql-client gmime sqlite sqlite3 jack libxslt"