diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d0d082b3a..22fad7cf1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ if(NOT ( ${DEBBUILD} STREQUAL "DEBBUILD-NOTFOUND" ) )
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR "${CPACK_GENERATOR};DEB")
   execute_process(COMMAND dpgk --print-architecture OUTPUT_VARIABLE DEB_ARCHITECTURE)
   set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE ${DEB_ARCHITECTURE})
+  set (CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS ON) 
   message(STATUS "Generating DEB packages for ${DEB_ARCHITECTURE}")
 endif()
 
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_NAME "maxscale")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_VENDOR "MariaDB Corporation Ab")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_LICENSE "GPLv2")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_AUTOREQPROV " no")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "libaio, openssl, openssl-libs, glibc, libstdc++, zlib")
 set(CPACK_RPM_EXCLUDE_FROM_AUTO_FILELIST_ADDITION "/etc /etc/ld.so.conf.d /etc/init.d /etc/rc.d/init.d")
 set(CPACK_RPM_SPEC_MORE_DEFINE "%define ignore \#")
 set(CPACK_RPM_USER_FILELIST "%ignore /etc/init.d")