diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
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--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ like.
     >     sudo apt install -y liblz4-dev
     >     sudo apt install -y libssl-dev
 
+Or run support/install_deps_ubuntu.sh
+
  -  For CentOS (use EPEL for python3-pip):
 
     >     sudo yum -y install epel-release
diff --git a/support/install_deps_ubuntu.sh b/support/install_deps_ubuntu.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ac49055b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/install_deps_ubuntu.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# install script for build dependencies for ubuntu/debian systems
+
+sudo apt install -y gcc g++ gawk autoconf automake python3-cmarkgfm
+sudo apt install -y acl libacl1-dev
+sudo apt install -y attr libattr1-dev
+sudo apt install -y libxxhash-dev
+sudo apt install -y libzstd-dev
+sudo apt install -y liblz4-dev
+sudo apt install -y libssl-dev