diff --git a/tasks/prepare.yml b/tasks/prepare.yml
index cccdb0a3e21eaf76caeca5b6969ba3d6b578209f..2ad323a157c8f82d84b33292d63e462ea5467e1f 100644
--- a/tasks/prepare.yml
+++ b/tasks/prepare.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     - 'uuid-dev'
     - 'python-dev'
     - 'python-yaml'
+    - 'librsync-dev'
 
 - name: "Remove existing components"
   file: