diff --git a/deployment/setup_18.04.sh b/deployment/setup_18.04.sh
index 37d63e2c1..9e9e3cf12 100644
--- a/deployment/setup_18.04.sh
+++ b/deployment/setup_18.04.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ apt install -y \
     libssl-dev libyaml-dev libreadline-dev gnupg2 nginx redis-server \
     redis-tools postgresql postgresql-contrib certbot \
     python-certbot-nginx nodejs yarn patch ruby-dev zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev \
-    libgmp-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev libgdbm5 libgdbm-dev
+    libgmp-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev libgdbm5 libgdbm-dev sudo
 
 adduser --disabled-login --gecos "" chatwoot
 
diff --git a/deployment/setup_20.04.sh b/deployment/setup_20.04.sh
index 6f0e195da..ca8b0a06a 100644
--- a/deployment/setup_20.04.sh
+++ b/deployment/setup_20.04.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ apt install -y \
     libssl-dev libyaml-dev libreadline-dev gnupg2 \
     postgresql-client redis-tools \
     nodejs yarn patch ruby-dev zlib1g-dev liblzma-dev \
-    libgmp-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev libgdbm6 libgdbm-dev
+    libgmp-dev libncurses5-dev libffi-dev libgdbm6 libgdbm-dev sudo
 
 if [ $install_pg_redis != "no" ]
 then