diff --git a/io_burst/burst_io.sh b/io_burst/burst_io.sh
index 4f5d1fb..7ea0fc9 100755
--- a/io_burst/burst_io.sh
+++ b/io_burst/burst_io.sh
@@ -330,6 +330,13 @@ while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
 		;;
         esac
 done
+
+# Install needed packages based on what's listed in the wrapper's json file
+${TOOLS_BIN}/package_tool --no_packages $to_no_pkg_install --wrapper_config ${run_dir}/io_burst-wrapper.json
+if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
+        exit_out "package_tool reported failure installing dependencies." 1
+fi
+
 #
 # Get the disk size if present.
 #
diff --git a/io_burst/io_burst-wrapper.json b/io_burst/io_burst-wrapper.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b36ab6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/io_burst/io_burst-wrapper.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "rhel": [
+      "bc",
+      "gcc",
+      "git",
+      "make",
+      "perf",
+      "unzip",
+      "zip",
+      "pcp-zeroconf",
+      "pcp-pmda-openmetrics",
+      "pcp-pmda-denki"
+    ],
+    "ubuntu": [
+      "bc",
+      "gcc",
+      "git",
+      "make",
+      "linux-tools-generic",
+      "unzip",
+      "zip",
+      "pcp-zeroconf"
+    ]
+  }
+}
+