diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 03c56614d..9a7629c8b 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ python-devel [platform:rpm test]
 python3-devel [platform:rpm test]
 build-essential [platform:dpkg test]
 libssl-dev [platform:dpkg test]
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg test]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm test]
 
 # these are needed for functional tests
 mdadm [test]