1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a2d8b18be3b..6675b510153 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ MACHINE=$(shell uname -m)
 SUDO?=sudo -E
 DPDK_CONFIG?=no-pci
 
+ifeq ($(strip $(SHELL)),)
+$(error "bash not found, VPP requires bash to build")
+endif
+
 ,:=,
 define disable_plugins
 $(if $(1), \
@@ -82,6 +86,7 @@ DEB_DEPENDS += nasm
 DEB_DEPENDS += iperf ethtool  # for 'make test TEST=vm_vpp_interfaces'
 DEB_DEPENDS += libpcap-dev
 DEB_DEPENDS += tshark
+DEB_DEPENDS += jq # for extracting test summary from .json report (hs-test)
 
 LIBFFI=libffi6 # works on all but 20.04 and debian-testing