diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index b638aebdb2..66ad54b6e5 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -240,6 +240,9 @@ PACKAGES+=" llvm-12"
 # Required by cava
 PACKAGES+=" xxd"
 
+# Required by samba
+PACKAGES+=" libjson-perl"
+
 # Required for parsing repo.json
 PACKAGES+=" jq"