diff --git a/files/debs/general b/files/debs/general
index 8e0018d..df872a0 100644
--- a/files/debs/general
+++ b/files/debs/general
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 libffi-dev # for pyOpenSSL
 libjpeg-dev # Pillow 3.0.0
 libmysqlclient-dev  # MySQL-python
+libpcre3-dev # for python-pcre
 libpq-dev  # psycopg2
 libssl-dev # for pyOpenSSL
 libsystemd-dev # for systemd-python
diff --git a/files/rpms/general b/files/rpms/general
index 878b935..5d9a4ad 100644
--- a/files/rpms/general
+++ b/files/rpms/general
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 openssh-server
 openssl
 openssl-devel # to rebuild pyOpenSSL if needed
+pcre-devel # for python-pcre
 pkgconfig
 postgresql-devel  # psycopg2
 psmisc