diff --git a/install-prereqs.sh b/install-prereqs.sh
index e5763a4..9c178e0 100755
--- a/install-prereqs.sh
+++ b/install-prereqs.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     libglib2.0-dev-bin
     libgtk2.0-0
     libpixman-1-dev
+    libpython3.8
     libsqlite3-dev
     libssl-dev
     libtinfo-dev