diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index 45eccdea..931932b7 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ parts:
     source-type: git
     source: https://github.com/universal-ctags/ctags.git
     plugin: autotools
-    build-packages: [pkg-config]
-    stage-packages: [libxml2]
+    build-packages: [pkg-config, libyaml-dev, libxml2-dev, libjansson-dev]
+    stage-packages: [libxml2, libjansson4]
     override-pull: |
       snapcraftctl pull
       snapcraftctl set-version "0.$(date -u +%Y-%m-%d+%H:%M:%S)+$(git show -s --format=%h)"