diff --git a/ubuntu_bpf/ubuntu_bpf.py b/ubuntu_bpf/ubuntu_bpf.py
index 3df70afc042f..83d7e2956de6 100644
--- a/ubuntu_bpf/ubuntu_bpf.py
+++ b/ubuntu_bpf/ubuntu_bpf.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class ubuntu_bpf(test.test):
             'git',
             'libcap-dev',
             'libelf-dev',
+            'docutils',
         ]
         gcc = 'gcc' if arch in ['ppc64le', 'aarch64', 's390x', 'riscv64'] else 'gcc-multilib'
         pkgs.append(gcc)