diff --git a/build.psm1 b/build.psm1
index 4b23a66477..87e7e40b35 100644
--- a/build.psm1
+++ b/build.psm1
@@ -1553,12 +1553,21 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
                 elseif ($Environment.IsUbuntu16) { $Deps += "libicu55" }
 
                 # Packaging tools
-                if ($Package) { $Deps += "ruby-dev", "groff" }
+                if ($Package) { $Deps += "ruby-dev", "groff", "libffi-dev" }
 
                 # Install dependencies
-                Start-NativeExecution {
-                    Invoke-Expression "$sudo apt-get update -qq"
-                    Invoke-Expression "$sudo apt-get install -y -qq $Deps"
+                # change the fontend from apt-get to noninteractive
+                $originalDebianFrontEnd=$env:DEBIAN_FRONTEND
+                $env:DEBIAN_FRONTEND='noninteractive'
+                try {
+                    Start-NativeExecution {
+                        Invoke-Expression "$sudo apt-get update -qq"
+                        Invoke-Expression "$sudo apt-get install -y -qq $Deps"
+                    }
+                }
+                finally {
+                    # change the apt frontend back to the original
+                    $env:DEBIAN_FRONTEND=$originalDebianFrontEnd
                 }
             } elseif ($Environment.IsRedHatFamily) {
                 # Build tools
@@ -1568,7 +1577,7 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
                 $Deps += "libicu", "libunwind"
 
                 # Packaging tools
-                if ($Package) { $Deps += "ruby-devel", "rpm-build", "groff" }
+                if ($Package) { $Deps += "ruby-devel", "rpm-build", "groff", 'libffi-devel' }
 
                 $PackageManager = Get-RedHatPackageManager
 
@@ -1605,8 +1614,8 @@ function Start-PSBootstrap {
             if ($Package) {
                 try {
                     # We cannot guess if the user wants to run gem install as root
-                    Start-NativeExecution { gem install fpm -v 1.8.1 }
-                    Start-NativeExecution { gem install ronn }
+                    Start-NativeExecution { gem install fpm -v 1.9.3 }
+                    Start-NativeExecution { gem install ronn -v 0.7.3 }
                 } catch {
                     Write-Warning "Installation of fpm and ronn gems failed! Must resolve manually."
                 }