diff --git a/tools/debian-setup.sh b/tools/debian-setup.sh
index 5eb509b15e..03dc732f83 100755
--- a/tools/debian-setup.sh
+++ b/tools/debian-setup.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ ADDITIONAL_LIST="libnl-3-dev \
 	libspandsp-dev \
 	libxml2-dev \
 	git \
-	libjson-glib-dev"
+	libjson-glib-dev \
+	ninja-build"
 
 # Adds package $2 to list variable $1 if the package is found
 add_package() {
diff --git a/tools/rpm_setup.sh b/tools/rpm_setup.sh
index 76d2b63c99..13a1719eb4 100755
--- a/tools/rpm_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/rpm_setup.sh
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ ADDITIONAL_LIST="libnl3-devel \
 	libsmi-devel \
 	snappy-devel \
 	lz4 \
-	json-glib-devel"
+	json-glib-devel \
+	ninja-build"
 
 # Guess which package manager we will use
 PM=`which zypper 2> /dev/null ||