diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 2f11f2cc3..616b206ab 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ python-devel [platform:rpm test]
 python3-devel [platform:rpm test]
 build-essential [platform:dpkg test]
 libssl-dev [platform:dpkg test]
-# these are needed by infra for python-* jobs
+
+# these are needed for functional tests
+mdadm [test]
 
 # this is needed for compiling translations
 gettext [test]