diff --git a/ct/gramps-web.sh b/ct/gramps-web.sh
index 45846b39c..4621d3c28 100644
--- a/ct/gramps-web.sh
+++ b/ct/gramps-web.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ function update_script() {
     systemctl stop gramps-web
     msg_ok "Stopped Service"
 
+    msg_info "Ensuring Build Dependencies"
+    $STD apt install -y libcairo2-dev pkg-config
+    msg_ok "Ensured Build Dependencies"
+
     CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "gramps-web-api" "gramps-project/gramps-web-api" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/gramps-web-api"
     CLEAN_INSTALL=1 fetch_and_deploy_gh_release "gramps-web" "gramps-project/gramps-web" "tarball" "latest" "/opt/gramps-web/frontend"
 
diff --git a/install/gramps-web-install.sh b/install/gramps-web-install.sh
index 7b5983601..ae0d81bb1 100644
--- a/install/gramps-web-install.sh
+++ b/install/gramps-web-install.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ $STD apt install -y \
   gir1.2-pango-1.0 \
   git \
   graphviz \
+  libcairo2-dev \
   libicu-dev \
   libopencv-dev \
   pkg-config \