diff --git a/bin/bfaupdate.sh b/bin/bfaupdate.sh
index f6109cc0f79cc5b3572b8a89bbd1dd559285c4dd..0538fa4b50e55ec090fd0a1c65717ab64c98f7d8 100755
--- a/bin/bfaupdate.sh
+++ b/bin/bfaupdate.sh
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ source ${BFAHOME}/bin/libbfa.sh || exit 1
 
 set -x
 cd ${BFAHOME}
+apt -y install libclass-accessor-perl
 git pull
 npm rebuild
diff --git a/bin/installbfa.sh b/bin/installbfa.sh
index 8387c8522bcef4297f20cdbefe262f0564067f86..1ff8ec3ed1388d9e870890d6c89adfa22799847b 100755
--- a/bin/installbfa.sh
+++ b/bin/installbfa.sh
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ grep -q Ubuntu /etc/issue && apt-add-repository multiverse
 apt update
 # development tools
 aptinstall dirmngr apt-transport-https curl git curl build-essential sudo
-aptinstall jq libjson-perl libwww-perl
+aptinstall jq libjson-perl libwww-perl libclass-accessor-perl
 usersetup
 nodejsinstall
 web3install