diff --git a/charms/jupyter-controller/charmcraft.yaml b/charms/jupyter-controller/charmcraft.yaml
index 9a10ecaa..7a7ce4a8 100644
--- a/charms/jupyter-controller/charmcraft.yaml
+++ b/charms/jupyter-controller/charmcraft.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ bases:
 parts:
   charm:
     charm-python-packages: [setuptools, pip]
+    build-packages: [cargo, rustc, pkg-config, libffi-dev, libssl-dev]
diff --git a/charms/jupyter-ui/charmcraft.yaml b/charms/jupyter-ui/charmcraft.yaml
index 9a10ecaa..7a7ce4a8 100644
--- a/charms/jupyter-ui/charmcraft.yaml
+++ b/charms/jupyter-ui/charmcraft.yaml
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ bases:
 parts:
   charm:
     charm-python-packages: [setuptools, pip]
+    build-packages: [cargo, rustc, pkg-config, libffi-dev, libssl-dev]