diff --git a/bindep.txt b/bindep.txt
index 254a0c45..4867c8c6 100644
--- a/bindep.txt
+++ b/bindep.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ iceweasel [platform:debian test]
 language-pack-en [platform:ubuntu]
 libcurl-devel [platform:rpm]
 libcurl4-gnutls-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-dev [platform:dpkg]
+libffi-devel [platform:rpm]
 libmysqlclient-dev [platform:dpkg]
 libpq-dev [platform:dpkg]
 locales [platform:debian]