diff --git a/files/debs/general b/files/debs/general
index 8e0018d284..41d57d732f 100644
--- a/files/debs/general
+++ b/files/debs/general
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ libsystemd-dev # for systemd-python
 libxml2-dev  # lxml
 libxslt1-dev  # lxml
 libyaml-dev
+libpcre3-dev # for python-pcre
 lsof # useful when debugging
 openssh-server
 openssl
diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index 878b935a1b..1241c98896 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ libjpeg-turbo-devel # Pillow 3.0.0
 libxml2-devel # lxml
 libxslt-devel # lxml
 libyaml-devel
+pcre-devel # for python-pcre
 mariadb-devel  # MySQL-python
 net-tools
 openssh-server