diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 8d8c45b..b34b158 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -5,3 +5,11 @@
 mysql-server [test]
 libjpeg-dev [test]
 zookeeperd [platform:dpkg]
+build-essential [platform:dpkg]
+gcc [platform:rpm]
+libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
+openssl-devel [platform:rpm]
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
+python-dev [platform:dpkg]
+python-devel [platform:rpm]