diff --git a/tests/scripts/fdb_build.sh b/tests/scripts/fdb_build.sh
index 620fa2538..dd0cf184c 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/fdb_build.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/fdb_build.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ if [[ ${ID} == 'ubuntu' || ${ID} == 'debian' ]]; then
     PACKAGES_SUFFIX="-DDEB=${VERSION_CODENAME}"
     print_env
     ln -fs /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York /etc/localtime
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y -qq automake cmake curl file g++ gcc git jq libjemalloc-dev libssl-dev mono-devel patch python3-dev unzip
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt install -y -qq automake cmake curl file g++ gcc git jq libjemalloc-dev libssl-dev mono-devel patch python3-dev python3-venv unzip
 
 elif [[ ${ID} == "rocky" ]]; then
     PKG_MANAGER='yum install -y'
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ elif [[ ${ID} == "rocky" ]]; then
         curl https://download.mono-project.com/repo/centos8-stable.repo | tee /etc/yum.repos.d/mono-centos8-stable.repo
     fi
 
-    dnf install -y -q --allowerasing automake cmake curl dnf gcc git jemalloc-devel jq mono-devel patch perl python3-devel rpm-build unzip
+    dnf install -y -q --allowerasing automake cmake curl dnf gcc git jemalloc-devel jq mono-devel patch perl python3-devel python3-venv rpm-build unzip
     make_openssl
 
     OPENSSL_FLAGS=' -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/usr/local/openssl/ '