diff --git a/bin/installbfa.sh b/bin/installbfa.sh
index 1f193a9f5dba5408c8b73396ac4f56d7a3242dc4..5af9f0bd9cf1c87f03b99ce48df33ce7758655e8 100755
--- a/bin/installbfa.sh
+++ b/bin/installbfa.sh
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ 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 dirmngr apt-transport-https curl git curl build-essential sudo software-properties-common
 aptinstall jq libjson-perl libwww-perl libclass-accessor-perl
 userconfig
 nodejsinstall