diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 4ebc173b5..a85c41d23 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 bzip2-devel [platform:redhat]
 gcc [platform:redhat]
 git [platform:redhat]
+iperf3 [platform:redhat]
 iproute [platform:redhat]
 libffi-devel [platform:redhat]
 make [platform:redhat]
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ zlib-devel [platform:redhat]
 # Ubuntu
 gcc [platform:ubuntu]
 git [platform:ubuntu]
+iperf3 [platform:ubuntu]
 libffi-dev [platform:ubuntu]
 libssl-dev [platform:ubuntu]
 make [platform:ubuntu]