diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4b2678b4d..42a55c5f1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ decompile: $(M2C_APP)
 
 require-tools: $(SPLAT_APP) $(ASMDIFFER_APP)
 update-dependencies: require-tools $(M2CTX_APP) $(M2C_APP)
-	sudo apt-get install -y $(cat tools/requirements-debian.txt)
+	sudo apt-get install -y $$(cat tools/requirements-debian.txt)
 	pip3 install -r $(TOOLS_DIR)/requirements-python.txt
 
 $(SPLAT_APP):
diff --git a/tools/requirements-debian.txt b/tools/requirements-debian.txt
index 488d56503..81d41a103 100644
--- a/tools/requirements-debian.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements-debian.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-gcc-mipsel-linux-gnu binutils-mips-linux-gnu
\ No newline at end of file
+gcc-mipsel-linux-gnu binutils-mips-linux-gnu clang-format
\ No newline at end of file