diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index e69de29bb2..345ab7d08a 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
+libssl-dev [platform:dpkg]
+openssl-devel [platform:rpm]