diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 9ee5bf2b65..b15acdfa6a 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 language-pack-en [platform:ubuntu]
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 libjpeg-dev [platform:dpkg]