diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
index 938e3fb9cb6f930642b6eef1162b41eb932a888f..7c7b792762ce35a7dccc54d7ab93c2c9207c3872 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/build_helper
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
 	libblas3gf \
 	libblas-dev \
 	libconfig8-dev \
+	libffi-dev \
 	libforms-bin \
 	libforms-dev \
 	libgcrypt11-dev \
@@ -314,6 +315,7 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
 	liboctave-dev \
 	libpgm-5.1 \
 	libpgm-dev \
+	libpython2.7-dev \
 	libsctp1  \
 	libsctp-dev  \
 	libssl-dev  \
@@ -333,6 +335,7 @@ check_install_oai_software() {
 	xmlstarlet \
 	python-pip \
 	pydb \
+	wget \
 	wvdial \
         python-numpy \
         sshpass \