diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
index 05fddea2a6c6f5cabbbbe1c6f6c91692dee9a6cd..4811be75b5dbb5c5ce6e8cbae39979ac0827d824 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-scuttlebot
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ IN_DEFAULT_INSTALL=0
 SHOW_ON_ABOUT=0
 SHOW_CLEARNET_ADDRESS_ON_ABOUT=0
 SHOW_DOMAIN_IN_WEBADMIN=0
-
 SCUTTLEBOT_VERSION='13.0.0'
 SCUTTLEBOT_REPLICATE_NODES=10
 SCUTTLEBOT_PORT=8010
@@ -214,6 +213,7 @@ function mesh_install_scuttlebot {
 
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     chroot "$rootdir" $INSTALL_PACKAGES libsodium23
+    chroot "$rootdir" $INSTALL_PACKAGES autotools-dev automake
 
     get_npm_arch
     mesh_setup_npm
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ function install_scuttlebot {
     install_nodejs scuttlebot
 
     $INSTALL_PACKAGES libsodium23
+    $INSTALL_PACKAGES autotools-dev automake
 
     if [ -d /etc/scuttlebot ]; then
         rm -rf /etc/scuttlebot