diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 78fb30e54..7fa0cc2b4 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Maintainer: John Smith <barrdetwix@gmail.com>
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Standards-Version: 3.9.5
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cdbs, qt5-qmake, libopenal-dev, libopencv-dev, libopus-dev, qtbase5-dev, sudo, autoconf, libtool, pkg-config
+Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9), cdbs, qt5-qmake, libopenal-dev, libopencv-dev, libopus-dev, qtbase5-dev, sudo, autoconf, libtool, pkg-config, libvpx-dev
 
 Package: qtox
 Architecture: any
diff --git a/tools/buildPackages.sh b/tools/buildPackages.sh
index 49f4eecbd..4e6b6e144 100755
--- a/tools/buildPackages.sh
+++ b/tools/buildPackages.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ done
 if [[ $OPT_APT = "true" ]]; then
     echo "Installing missing tools (if any)..."
     if [[ $EUID -ne 0 && $OPT_SUDO = "true" ]]; then
-        sudo apt-get install wget debhelper cdbs devscripts alien tar gzip build-essential sudo autoconf libtool pkg-config -y
+        sudo apt-get install wget debhelper cdbs devscripts alien tar gzip build-essential sudo autoconf libtool pkg-config libvpx-dev -y
     else
-             apt-get install wget debhelper cdbs devscripts alien tar gzip build-essential sudo autoconf libtool pkg-config -y
+             apt-get install wget debhelper cdbs devscripts alien tar gzip build-essential sudo autoconf libtool pkg-config libvpx-dev -y
     fi
 fi