diff --git a/metadata.rb b/metadata.rb
index d7f27ed..6efad11 100644
--- a/metadata.rb
+++ b/metadata.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 long_description IO.read(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'README.md'))
 version          '0.1.0'
 
+depends 'build-essential'
 depends 'chruby_install'
 depends 'ruby_install'
 
 supports 'ubuntu'
+
diff --git a/recipes/default.rb b/recipes/default.rb
index 5dd596e..8c75203 100644
--- a/recipes/default.rb
+++ b/recipes/default.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # Recipe:: default
 #
 
+include_recipe 'build-essential'
 include_recipe 'chruby_install'
 include_recipe 'ruby_install'