diff --git a/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt b/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
index b48f6bc64f..c61c658111 100644
--- a/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
+++ b/requirements/system/ubuntu/apt-packages.txt
@@ -33,3 +33,4 @@ coffeescript
 mysql
 libmysqlclient-dev
 virtualenvwrapper
+libgeos-ruby1.8
diff --git a/scripts/install-system-req.sh b/scripts/install-system-req.sh
index 8a7c98e38c..43e405524d 100755
--- a/scripts/install-system-req.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-system-req.sh
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ EO
         error "Unsupported platform"
         exit 1
         ;;
-esac
\ No newline at end of file
+esac