diff --git a/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh b/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh
index 4a604b7c4e..bcd0f27d6f 100644
--- a/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/host/prepare-host.sh
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function early_prepare_host_dependencies() {
 		ntpdate patchutils
 		pkg-config pv python3-dev python3-distutils qemu-user-static rsync swig
 		systemd-container u-boot-tools udev uuid-dev whiptail
-		zlib1g-dev busybox
+		zlib1g-dev busybox fdisk
 
 		# python2, including headers, mostly used by some u-boot builds (2017 et al, odroidxu4 and others).
 		python2 python2-dev