diff --git a/lib/rbpkg/repo.rb b/lib/rbpkg/repo.rb
index d7f490e..dafe241 100644
--- a/lib/rbpkg/repo.rb
+++ b/lib/rbpkg/repo.rb
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ class Rbpkg::Repo
def configure
verbose 3, "repo(#{name.inspect}).configure"
+ install_dependencies
if ! File.directory?(src_dir)
git_clone()
end