diff --git a/helpers/make-blender b/helpers/make-blender
index c8249aa104bdbb44c6b888c07ff2c22316b122f5..330627b31971937cf8c93aabbf82a897156dbb90 100644
--- a/helpers/make-blender
+++ b/helpers/make-blender
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ VERSION=2
 EXTERNAL='deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/thomas-schiex/blender/ubuntu bionic main '
 REPOKEY=7281E3E842A98114
 BACKPORTS=true
+DEPENDS=alembic,openimageio,openshadinglanguage,openjpeg,opencollada,openimagedenoise,opensubdiv
 
 . ./config
 sed -i "s|debhelper (>= 7.0.50\~)|debhelper (<< 12\~)|" debian/control