diff --git a/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst b/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
index c30268ff5..68cf3ef32 100644
--- a/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
+++ b/docs/build-templates/searxng.rst
@@ -119,8 +119,12 @@ ${fedora_build}
        pip install -U pip
        pip install -U setuptools
        pip install -U wheel
+
+       # additional packages required for installation
        pip install -U pyyaml
        pip install -U msgspec
+       pip install -U typing-extensions
+       pip install -U pybind11
 
        # jump to SearXNG's working tree and install SearXNG into virtualenv
        (${SERVICE_USER})$ cd \"$SEARXNG_SRC\"
diff --git a/utils/searxng.sh b/utils/searxng.sh
index e5f851b38..ccf9f34eb 100755
--- a/utils/searxng.sh
+++ b/utils/searxng.sh
@@ -556,6 +556,8 @@ pip install -U setuptools
 pip install -U wheel
 pip install -U pyyaml
 pip install -U msgspec
+pip install -U typing-extensions
+pip install -U pybind11
 pip install -U --use-pep517 --no-build-isolation -e .
 EOF
     rst_para "update instance's settings.yml from ${SEARXNG_SETTINGS_PATH}"