diff --git a/nodejs-sources.sh b/nodejs-sources.sh
index b1295ca..a71ef37 100755
--- a/nodejs-sources.sh
+++ b/nodejs-sources.sh
@@ -100,6 +100,12 @@ assign_positional_args 1 "${_positionals[@]}"
 ### END OF CODE GENERATED BY Argbash (sortof) ### ])
 # [ <-- needed because of Argbash
 
+packages=("jq" "wget" "tar" "fedpkg" "grep" "sed")
+
+rpm -q ${packages[@]} >/dev/null
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  sudo dnf -y install ${packages[@]}
+fi
 
 set -e