diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
index 0d4bf9b32..aba0ec2f2 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Install main dependencies
 pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm gcc make cmake cunit libaio openssl \
-	libutil-linux libiscsi python ncurses ninja meson
+	libutil-linux libiscsi python ncurses json-c cmocka ninja meson
 # Additional dependencies for SPDK CLI
 pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm python-pexpect python-pip libffi
 pip install configshell_fb
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
index 54d2db410..0d7ec130e 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Install main dependencies
 swupd bundle-add -y c-basic make cmake dev-utils openssl devpkg-libiscsi \
-	devpkg-ncurses python3-basic python-extras devpkg-open-iscsi \
+	devpkg-ncurses python3-basic python-extras devpkg-open-iscsi devpkg-json-c \
 	storage-utils
 # Additional dependencies for ISA-L used in compression
 swupd bundle-add -y dev-utils-dev
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
index c9119225c..25dd863cf 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 VERSION_ID_NUM=$(sed 's/\.//g' <<< $VERSION_ID)
 # Includes Ubuntu, Debian
 # Minimal install
-apt-get install -y gcc g++ make cmake libcunit1-dev libaio-dev libssl-dev \
+apt-get install -y gcc g++ make cmake libcunit1-dev libaio-dev libssl-dev libjson-c-dev libcmocka-dev \
 	uuid-dev libiscsi-dev python libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev python3-pip
 pip3 install ninja
 pip3 install meson
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
index 96ee715e5..9d5bd331a 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then
 fi
 
 yum install -y gcc gcc-c++ make cmake CUnit-devel libaio-devel openssl-devel \
-	libuuid-devel libiscsi-devel ncurses-devel
+	libuuid-devel libiscsi-devel ncurses-devel json-c-devel libcmocka-devel
 if echo "$ID $VERSION_ID" | grep -E -q 'centos 8|rhel 8'; then
 	yum install -y python36
 	#Create hard link to use in SPDK as python
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
index 1b87b261c..bb03f0e04 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Minimal install
 zypper install -y gcc gcc-c++ make cmake cunit-devel libaio-devel libopenssl-devel \
-	libuuid-devel python-base ncurses-devel ninja meson
+	libuuid-devel python-base ncurses-devel json-c-devel libcmocka-devel ninja meson
 # Additional dependencies for DPDK
 zypper install -y libnuma-devel nasm
 # Additional dependencies for ISA-L used in compression