diff --git a/packages/image/install b/packages/image/install
index 3a97964c11..452fd49706 100755
--- a/packages/image/install
+++ b/packages/image/install
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
+$SCRIPTS/checkdeps build
+
 if [ "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = devel -o "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = debug ]; then
   BUILD_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
   GIT_BUILD=`git log --pretty=format:'' | wc -l`