diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep.sh b/scripts/pkgdep.sh
index 3045b6a24..459cd7985 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function usage() {
 	echo "  -h --help"
 	echo "  -a --all"
 	echo "  -d --developer-tools        Install tools for developers (code styling, code coverage, etc.)"
-	echo "  -p --pmem                   Additional dependencies for reduce and pmdk"
+	echo "  -p --pmem                   Additional dependencies for reduce, pmdk and pmdkobj"
 	echo "  -f --fuse                   Additional dependencies for FUSE and NVMe-CUSE"
 	echo "  -r --rdma                   Additional dependencies for RDMA transport in NVMe over Fabrics"
 	echo "  -b --docs                   Additional dependencies for building docs"
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
index 9c07ca688..9110a846e 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ if [[ $INSTALL_PMEM == "true" ]]; then
 	if [[ $NAME == "Ubuntu" ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID_NUM -gt 1800 ]]; then
 		apt-get install -y libpmem-dev
 		apt-get install -y libpmemblk-dev
+		apt-get install -y libpmemobj-dev
 	fi
 fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_FUSE == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
index 19abdf03f..4024873c1 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_PMEM == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for building pmem based backends
 	yum install -y libpmemblk-devel || true
+	yum install -y libpmemobj-devel || true
 fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_FUSE == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for FUSE and NVMe-CUSE
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
index f554c5902..1e722a08d 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_PMEM == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for building pmem based backends
 	zypper install -y libpmemblk-devel
+	zypper install -y libpmemobj-devel
 fi
 if [[ $INSTALL_FUSE == "true" ]]; then
 	# Additional dependencies for FUSE and NVMe-CUSE