diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.sh b/.github/workflows/build_test.sh
index 745d2e5cbd..a2031e65fc 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ PACKAGES=(
     python3-evdev
     python3-jinja2
     python3-lxml
+    python3-pefile
     python3-pip
     python3-pyparsing
     python3-setuptools
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
index 9a9fbb36ab..70ba090eb8 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_tests.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ ADDITIONAL_DEPS=(
     libzstd-dev
     perl
     python3-libevdev
+    python3-pefile
     python3-pyparsing
     rpm
     zstd
diff --git a/README b/README
index 92e3ca0f48..aff88de48e 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
         docbook-xsl (optional, required for documentation)
         xsltproc    (optional, required for documentation)
         python-jinja2
+        python-pefile
         python-lxml (optional, required to build the indices)
         python >= 3.5
         meson >= 0.53.2