diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cf10e973c..b28db0a17 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ build:
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
 
 predepend:
-	sudo sh -c "apt-get install augeas-tools python-bjsonrpc python-augeas python-simplejson"
+	sudo sh -c "apt-get install augeas-tools python-bjsonrpc python-augeas python-simplejson pandoc"
 	touch predepend
 
 $(BUILD_DIR)/exmachina: build