diff --git a/include/prereq-build.mk b/include/prereq-build.mk
index b2526a1ec1..0375ef6861 100644
--- a/include/prereq-build.mk
+++ b/include/prereq-build.mk
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,bzip2,Please install 'bzip2', \
 $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,wget,Please install GNU 'wget', \
 	wget --version | grep GNU))
 
+$(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,install,Please install GNU 'install', \
+	install --version | grep GNU, \
+	ginstall --version | grep GNU))
+
 $(eval $(call SetupHostCommand,perl,Please install Perl 5.x, \
 	perl --version | grep "perl.*v5"))