diff --git a/README b/README
index 5dbf77eb450db90705025e9ea3b817434774d99f..8e97e2fd005363dea792124769c4081b3dfca03c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ You also need a few perl modules installed:
 - File::Temp
 - Path::Tiny
 - File::Path
+- File::Slurp
 - File::Copy::Recursive
 - String::ShellQuote
 - Sort::Versions
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ If you are running Debian or Ubuntu, you can install them with:
                   libio-captureoutput-perl libjson-perl libpath-tiny-perl \
                   libstring-shellquote-perl libsort-versions-perl \
                   libdigest-sha-perl libdata-uuid-perl libdata-dump-perl \
-                  libfile-copy-recursive-perl git runc \
+                  libfile-copy-recursive-perl libfile-slurp-perl git runc \
                   mercurial
 
 The build system is based on rbm, which is included as a git submodule
diff --git a/tools/ansible/roles/tbb-builder/tasks/main.yml b/tools/ansible/roles/tbb-builder/tasks/main.yml
index 4e84709a3dada93ebdb31fcdf894a2a6f10defdd..92b35e8933c7daef5461655b554565b93142769d 100644
--- a/tools/ansible/roles/tbb-builder/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tools/ansible/roles/tbb-builder/tasks/main.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       - libdata-uuid-perl
       - libdata-dump-perl
       - libfile-copy-recursive-perl
+      - libfile-slurp-perl
       - libgtk2.0-dev
       - curl
       - runc