diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
index aba0ec2f2d..d625ee8166 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/arch.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm gcc make cmake cunit libaio openssl \
 # Additional dependencies for SPDK CLI
 pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm python-pexpect python-pip libffi
 pip install configshell_fb
+pip install pyelftools
 # Additional dependencies for DPDK
 pacman -Sy --needed --noconfirm numactl nasm
 # Additional dependencies for ISA-L used in compression
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
index 0d7ec130eb..d06dd6af09 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/clear-linux-os.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ swupd bundle-add -y nasm sysadmin-basic
 # Additional dependencies for SPDK CLI
 pip3 install pexpect
 pip3 install configshell_fb
+pip3 install pyelftools
 if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == "true" ]]; then
 	swupd bundle-add -y git os-testsuite-0day
 fi
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
index 25dd863cf0..4a9211d048 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/debian.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ apt-get install -y gcc g++ make cmake libcunit1-dev libaio-dev libssl-dev libjso
 	uuid-dev libiscsi-dev python libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev python3-pip
 pip3 install ninja
 pip3 install meson
+pip3 install pyelftools
 # Additional dependencies for SPDK CLI - not available on older Ubuntus
 apt-get install -y python3-configshell-fb python3-pexpect || echo \
 	"Note: Some SPDK CLI dependencies could not be installed."
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/freebsd.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/freebsd.sh
index e7cf642778..aafce044b6 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/freebsd.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/freebsd.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Minimal install
 pkg install -y gmake cunit openssl git bash misc/e2fsprogs-libuuid python \
-	ncurses ninja meson
+	ncurses ninja meson py37-pyelftools-0.26
 # Additional dependencies for ISA-L used in compression
 pkg install -y autoconf automake libtool help2man
 if [[ $INSTALL_DEV_TOOLS == "true" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
index df746c6e8d..b2be71b67f 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/rhel.sh
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ fi
 yum install -y python3-pip
 pip3 install ninja
 pip3 install meson
+pip3 install pyelftools
 
 # Additional dependencies for SPDK CLI - not available in rhel and centos
 if ! echo "$ID $VERSION_ID" | grep -E -q 'rhel 7|centos 7'; then
diff --git a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
index bb03f0e047..14cb14cb0a 100755
--- a/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
+++ b/scripts/pkgdep/sles.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 # Minimal install
 zypper install -y gcc gcc-c++ make cmake cunit-devel libaio-devel libopenssl-devel \
-	libuuid-devel python-base ncurses-devel json-c-devel libcmocka-devel ninja meson
+	libuuid-devel python-base ncurses-devel json-c-devel libcmocka-devel ninja meson \
+	python-pyelftools
 # Additional dependencies for DPDK
 zypper install -y libnuma-devel nasm
 # Additional dependencies for ISA-L used in compression