diff --git a/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh b/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
index 4e554397391b09164ebe7a923f7466a5318475e0..a3ed1c43230d9d21200b1f17f48002abd4b2c26d 100644
--- a/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		exit 1
 	fi
 
-	DEP_ARRAY=(clang-4.0 lldb-4.0 libclang-4.0-dev cmake make libbz2-dev libssl-dev \
+	DEP_ARRAY=(clang-4.0 lldb-4.0 libclang-4.0-dev cmake make automake libbz2-dev libssl-dev \
 	libgmp3-dev autotools-dev build-essential libicu-dev python2.7-dev python3-dev \
 	autoconf libtool curl zlib1g-dev doxygen graphviz)
 	COUNT=1
@@ -503,4 +503,4 @@ mongodconf
 		printf "\\t%s -f %s &\\n" "$( command -v mongod )" "${MONGOD_CONF}"
 		printf "\\tcd %s; make test\\n\\n" "${BUILD_DIR}"
 	return 0
-	}
\ No newline at end of file
+	}