diff --git a/tools/chef/cookbooks/px_dev/recipes/packaging.rb b/tools/chef/cookbooks/px_dev/recipes/packaging.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d91779352a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/chef/cookbooks/px_dev/recipes/packaging.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright 2018- The Pixie Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Packaging utilities only need to run on Linux
+if node.platform_family?('debian')
+  apt_package ['ruby-dev', 'rpm'] do
+    action :upgrade
+  end
+
+  execute 'install_fpm' do
+    command '/usr/bin/gem install fpm'
+    action :run
+  end
+end
diff --git a/tools/chef/cookbooks/px_dev/recipes/setup.rb b/tools/chef/cookbooks/px_dev/recipes/setup.rb
index ef04e2000b6..06e262e1630 100644
--- a/tools/chef/cookbooks/px_dev/recipes/setup.rb
+++ b/tools/chef/cookbooks/px_dev/recipes/setup.rb
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@
 include_recipe 'px_dev::nodejs'
 include_recipe 'px_dev::php'
 include_recipe 'px_dev::python'
+include_recipe 'px_dev::packaging'
 
 include_recipe 'px_dev::arcanist'