diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 06f32183b7..05075bb8ed 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
 	libidn11-dev \
 	libmysqlclient-dev  \
 	libpython2.7-dev \
+        libreadline-dev \
 	libsctp1  \
 	libsctp-dev  \
 	libssl-dev  \
@@ -842,6 +843,7 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
       patch \
       psmisc \
       python \
+      readline-devel \
       subversion \
       xmlstarlet \
       python-pip \