diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 624e33ef..ba534988 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ install_packages( )
   local library_dependencies_fedora=( "gcc-gfortran" "make" "cmake" "gcc-c++" "libcxx-devel" "rpm-build" "numactl-libs" )
   local library_dependencies_sles=( "gcc-fortran" "make" "cmake" "gcc-c++" "libcxxtools9" "rpm-build" )
 
-  local client_dependencies_ubuntu=( "python3" "python3-yaml" )
-  local client_dependencies_centos=( "python36" "python3-pip" )
-  local client_dependencies_centos8=( "python39" "python3-pip" )
-  local client_dependencies_fedora=( "python36" "PyYAML" "python3-pip" )
-  local client_dependencies_sles=( "pkg-config" "dpkg" "python3-pip" )
+  local client_dependencies_ubuntu=( "python3" "python3-yaml" "python3-joblib" )
+  local client_dependencies_centos=( "python36" "python3-pip"  "python3-joblib" )
+  local client_dependencies_centos8=( "python39" "python3-pip"  "python3-joblib" )
+  local client_dependencies_fedora=( "python36" "PyYAML" "python3-pip"  "python3-joblib" )
+  local client_dependencies_sles=( "pkg-config" "dpkg" "python3-pip" "python3-joblib" )
 
   if [[ ( "${ID}" == "centos" ) || ( "${ID}" == "rhel" ) ]]; then
     if [[ "${VERSION_ID}" == "6" ]]; then
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ install_packages( )
     fi
   fi
 
+  if [[ "${tensile_msgpack_backend}" == true ]]; then
+    client_dependencies_ubuntu+=("libmsgpack-dev")
+    client_dependencies_fedora+=("msgpack-devel")
+  fi
+
   # wget is needed for blis
     if [[ ! -e "${build_dir}/deps/blis/lib/libblis.a" ]]; then
     client_dependencies_ubuntu+=("wget")
@@ -697,3 +702,4 @@ pushd .
 
   fi
 popd
+