diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 59ec30af..a92bc8af 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class tempest::params {
         'libxslt1-dev',
         'libxml2-dev',
         'libssl-dev',
+        'libffi-dev',
         'patch',
         'gcc',
       ]