diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 9c37fd538..e5d10a394 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@
 build-essential [platform:dpkg]
 python-dev [platform:dpkg]
 python-devel [platform:rpm]
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]