diff --git a/get-packages.sh b/get-packages.sh
index 9dbe75b2f5c8f724216d7e04b3fbf9c91dfdb5b3..bf20576909cfbb44f0927f06f765beaa5ad79ae4 100755
--- a/get-packages.sh
+++ b/get-packages.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ function do_subdirs
 function main()
 {
 
-	local grpc_packs="libgrpc++-dev protobuf-compiler-grpc"
+	local grpc_packs="libgrpc++-dev protobuf-compiler-grpc build-essential pkg-config"
 
 	do_subdirs "$@"