diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index b60052e8ce..c4da0b458f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ fi
 
 DISTRO=${DISTRO,,}
 
-deps=(wget bash bc gcc sed patch lsdiff tar bzip2 gzip xz perl gawk gperf zip unzip diff lzop make)
-deps_pkg=(wget bash bc gcc sed patch patchutils tar bzip2 gzip xz-utils perl gawk gperf zip unzip diffutils lzop make)
+deps=(wget bash bc gcc sed patch lsdiff tar bzip2 gzip xz perl gawk gperf zip unzip diff lzop make file)
+deps_pkg=(wget bash bc gcc sed patch patchutils tar bzip2 gzip xz-utils perl gawk gperf zip unzip diffutils lzop make file)
 
 files=(/usr/include/stdio.h /usr/include/ncurses.h)
 files_pkg=(libc6-dev libncurses5-dev)