diff --git a/get-peasoup-packages.sh b/get-peasoup-packages.sh
index 499700f8260610a5fb0f5e7f704c69d004182dbe..9037777c762c103bba1612778dc9012bfab53e90 100755
--- a/get-peasoup-packages.sh
+++ b/get-peasoup-packages.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ BASE_PKGS="
   screen
   libxml2-dev
   libstdc++6:i386
-  coreutils"
+  coreutils
+  makeself"
 # TODO: don't require i386 libraries if not running MEDS (eg using IDA server)
 
 # For clients of IRDB