diff --git a/scripts/checkdeps b/scripts/checkdeps
index fbf4e058e5..2ac7ed65f9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkdeps
+++ b/scripts/checkdeps
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ dep_map=(
   [patch]=patch
   [perl]=perl
   [rdfind]=rdfind
+  [rsync]=rsync
   [sed]=sed
   [tar]=tar
   [unzip]=unzip