diff --git a/make/projects-dir.mk b/make/projects-dir.mk
index dc4c4e4e..249808a1 100644
--- a/make/projects-dir.mk
+++ b/make/projects-dir.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 SHELL                        = /bin/bash -o pipefail
 PROJECTS_TXT                ?= projects.txt
 JW_BUILD_VERBOSE            ?= false
-BASE_PKGS                    = git cvs make sudo time time
+BASE_PKGS                    = git cvs make sudo time time xdg-utils
 PREREQ_RELEASE              ?= pull
 
 # ------------ evaluate Makefile and environment variables