diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index 77e4caad2f..56fa386191 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ case $1 in
     deps_pkg="bash bc gcc g++ sed patch fileutils tar bzip2 gzip perl coreutils gawk texinfo gperf cvs zip unzip xutils xfonts-utils diff xsltproc default-jre"
     files="/usr/include/stdio.h /usr/include/ncurses.h"
     files_pkg="libc6-dev libncurses5-dev"
+    if [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
+      deps_pkg="bash bc gcc gcc-c++ sed patch fileutils tar bzip2 gzip perl coreutils gawk texinfo gperf cvs zip unzip xorg-x11-font-utils xorg-x11-font-utils diffutils libxslt java-1.7.0-openjdk"
+      files_pkg="glibc-headers ncurses-devel"
+    fi
     ;;
   qemu)
     if [ ! `which qemu` ]; then
@@ -113,6 +117,10 @@ if [ -n "$need" ]; then
     echo "**** You seem to use a fedora system ****"
     read -p "would you like to install the needed tools ? (y/n) " ans
     [ "$ans" = "y" ] && sudo yum install $need_pkg
+  elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release -a "`which yum 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
+    echo "**** You seem to use a RedHat or clone (CentOS) system ****"
+    read -p "would you like to install the needed tools ? (y/n) " ans
+    [ "$ans" = "y" ] && sudo yum install $need_pkg
   else
     echo "********"
     exit 1