diff --git a/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh b/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
index aea0592f..6846230c 100755
--- a/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
+++ b/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ case $distribution in
 				$installcommand
 				if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then error_during_installation; exit 1; fi
 				;;
+			16.04)
+				installcommand="apt-get install $APT_OPTIONS build-essential cmake libcurl4-gnutls-dev libsdl2-dev libopenal-dev liblua5.2-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libfreetype6-dev libwxgtk3.0-dev libcppunit-dev libfribidi-dev libftgl-dev libglew-dev libogg-dev libvorbis-dev libminiupnpc-dev libircclient-dev libvlc-dev libvlccore-dev libxml2-dev libx11-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev librtmp-dev libkrb5-dev libldap2-dev libidn11-dev libgnutls28-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