diff --git a/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh b/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
index 6c4c44cb..aea0592f 100755
--- a/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
+++ b/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
@@ -144,12 +144,18 @@ case $distribution in
 
 	LinuxMint)
 		case $release in
-			13)
+			13|13.*)
 				#LTS
 				installcommand="apt-get install $APT_OPTIONS build-essential cmake libsdl2-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libx11-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev libircclient-dev libglew-dev libftgl-dev libfribidi-dev libvlc-dev libcppunit-dev"
 				$installcommand
 				if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then error_during_installation; exit 1; fi
 				;;
+			17|17.*)
+				#LTS
+				installcommand="apt-get install $APT_OPTIONS build-essential cmake libsdl2-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libx11-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev libxml2-dev libircclient-dev libglew-dev libftgl-dev libfribidi-dev libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev libcppunit-dev"
+				$installcommand
+				if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then error_during_installation; exit 1; fi
+				;;
 			*)
 				installcommand="apt-get install $APT_OPTIONS $packages_for_next_debian_ubuntu_mint"
 				unsupported_release