diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/botka_freenode.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/botka_freenode.rb
index 0d651a5..2e5b7d7 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/botka_freenode.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/botka_freenode.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2017-2018, Kosmos
 #
+
+build_essential 'botka' do
+  compile_time true
+end
+
 include_recipe "kosmos-nodejs"
 include_recipe "kosmos-redis"
 
diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/hal8000.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/hal8000.rb
index def41cf..f838259 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/hal8000.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/hal8000.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2017-2018, Kosmos
 #
+
+build_essential 'hal8000' do
+  compile_time true
+end
+
 include_recipe "kosmos-nodejs"
 include_recipe "kosmos-redis"