diff --git a/get-peasoup-packages.sh b/get-peasoup-packages.sh
index c65cb7e0a241c27f111c1cec71d4b359e27e30af..bc602dc07f792ce39e7a53876c636b780c450284 100755
--- a/get-peasoup-packages.sh
+++ b/get-peasoup-packages.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Needed to build PEASOUP components
 BASE_PKGS="
+  scons
   dwarfdump
   bison
   flex