diff --git a/scripts/package-build/frr/package.toml b/scripts/package-build/frr/package.toml
index 4df46208c1..8ff35777ea 100644
--- a/scripts/package-build/frr/package.toml
+++ b/scripts/package-build/frr/package.toml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ packages = [
     "gawk",
     "install-info",
     "libcap-dev",
+    "libc-ares-dev",
     "libjson-c-dev",
     "librtr-dev",
     "libpam-dev",