diff --git a/scripts/rebuild-rhel-kernel-rpm b/scripts/rebuild-rhel-kernel-rpm
index c3040066a..e4a96c1d7 100755
--- a/scripts/rebuild-rhel-kernel-rpm
+++ b/scripts/rebuild-rhel-kernel-rpm
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ scriptdir="$(dirname "$0")"
 if [ "${scriptdir:0:1}" != "/" ]; then
     scriptdir="$PWD/${scriptdir}"
 fi
+scriptdir="${scriptdir%/.}"
 source "${scriptdir}/rhel-rpm-functions"
 scst_dir="$(dirname "$scriptdir")"
 downloaddir=$HOME/software/downloads
@@ -144,7 +145,31 @@ fi
 log "Installing prerequisites"
 
 if $install_prerequisites; then
-    sudo yum install -y -q asciidoc binutils-devel elfutils-libelf-devel hmaccalc ncurses-devel newt-devel patchutils 'perl(ExtUtils::Embed)' python-devel redhat-rpm-config rpmdevtools rng-tools rpm-build unifdef wget xmlto yum-utils zlib-devel
+    for p in \
+asciidoc \
+audit-libs-devel \
+binutils-devel \
+elfutils-devel \
+elfutils-libelf-devel \
+hmaccalc \
+ncurses-devel \
+newt-devel \
+patchutils \
+numactl-devel \
+pciutils-devel \
+'perl(ExtUtils::Embed)' \
+pesign \
+python-devel \
+redhat-rpm-config \
+rng-tools \
+rpm-build \
+rpmdevtools \
+unifdef \
+wget \
+xmlto \
+yum-utils \
+zlib-devel \
+; do sudo yum install -y -q "$p"; done
 fi
 
 rc=$?; if [ $rc != 0 ]; then exit $rc; fi