diff --git a/scripts/create-dev-env.sh b/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
index cc0efbef0d..d3b7715904 100755
--- a/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
+++ b/scripts/create-dev-env.sh
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ cd $BASE
 pip install argcomplete
 cd $BASE/edx-platform
 bundle install
+rake install_prereqs
 
 mkdir -p "$BASE/log"
 mkdir -p "$BASE/db"