diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 968f28165..8ac0156da 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ run gzip telegraf -c > "$ARTIFACT_DIR/telegraf.gz"
 
 # RPM is used to build packages for Enterprise Linux hosts.
 # Boto is used to upload packages to S3.
-run sudo apt-get install -y rpm python-boto ruby ruby-dev
+run sudo apt-get install -y rpm python-boto ruby ruby-dev autoconf libtool
 run sudo gem install fpm
 
 if git describe --exact-match HEAD 2>&1 >/dev/null; then