diff --git a/scripts/general.sh b/scripts/general.sh
index 2770def..0365546 100755
--- a/scripts/general.sh
+++ b/scripts/general.sh
@@ -1425,7 +1425,7 @@ prepare_host()
 	nfs-kernel-server ntpdate p7zip-full parted patchutils pigz pixz          \
 	pkg-config pv python3-dev python3-distutils qemu-user-static rsync swig   \
 	systemd-container u-boot-tools udev unzip uuid-dev wget whiptail zip      \
-	zlib1g-dev"
+	zlib1g-dev gcc-riscv64-linux-gnu"
 
   if [[ $(dpkg --print-architecture) == amd64 ]]; then