diff --git a/general.sh b/general.sh
index eb35e2e8f4..c6546ba4b1 100644
--- a/general.sh
+++ b/general.sh
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ prepare_host()
 	gawk gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi qemu-user-static u-boot-tools uuid-dev zlib1g-dev unzip libusb-1.0-0-dev ntpdate \
 	parted pkg-config libncurses5-dev whiptail debian-keyring debian-archive-keyring f2fs-tools libfile-fcntllock-perl rsync libssl-dev \
 	nfs-kernel-server btrfs-tools gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu ncurses-term p7zip-full dos2unix dosfstools libc6-dev-armhf-cross libc6-dev-armel-cross \
-	libc6-dev-arm64-cross curl gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi patchutils python liblz4-tool"
+	libc6-dev-arm64-cross curl gcc-arm-none-eabi libnewlib-arm-none-eabi patchutils python liblz4-tool libpython2.7-dev"
 
 	local codename=$(lsb_release -sc)
 	display_alert "Build host OS release" "${codename:-(unknown)}" "info"