diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index b8dbf964fb..b3374020e9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ case "$DISTRO" in
       deps="$deps g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java"
       deps_pkg="$deps_pkg g++ xorg-mkfontscale xorg-mkfontdir xorg-bdftopcf libxslt java-runtime-common"
       ;;
+    opensuse)
+      deps="$deps g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java"
+      deps_pkg="$deps_pkg gcc-c++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf libxslt-tools java-1_8_0-openjdk"
+      [[ ! `rpm -qa glibc-devel-static` ]] && deps="$deps glibc-devel-static" && deps_pkg="$deps_pkg glibc-devel-static"
+      ;;
     *)
       deps="$deps g++ mkfontscale mkfontdir bdftopcf xsltproc java"
       deps_pkg="$deps_pkg g++ xfonts-utils xfonts-utils xfonts-utils xsltproc default-jre"
@@ -108,6 +113,10 @@ if [ -n "$need" ]; then
       read -p "would you like to install the needed tools ? (y/n) " ans
       [ "$ans" = "y" ] && sudo pacman -Sy $need_pkg
       ;;
+    opensuse)
+      read -p "would you like to install the needed tools ? (y/n) " ans
+      [ "$ans" = "y" ] && sudo zypper install -y --no-recommends $need_pkg
+      ;;
     *)
       echo "**** unsupported distro $DISTRO ****"
       exit 1