diff --git a/rechecktools/R/ci.R b/rechecktools/R/ci.R
index 3579216..eba52d8 100644
--- a/rechecktools/R/ci.R
+++ b/rechecktools/R/ci.R
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ install_recheck_deps <- function(path = '.', which = 'strong'){
   pkg <- desc[[1, 'Package']]
   cranrepo <- getOption('repos')['CRAN']
   cran <- utils::available.packages(repos = cranrepo)
-  packages <- c(pkg, tools::package_dependencies(pkg, db = cran, which = which, reverse = TRUE)[[pkg]])
+  crandeps <- tools::package_dependencies(pkg, db = cran, which = which, reverse = TRUE)[[pkg]]
+  packages <- unique(c(desc_deps(desc), crandeps))
   if(grepl("Linux", Sys.info()[['sysname']])){
     preinstall_linux_binaries(packages)
   } else {
@@ -22,3 +23,8 @@ install_recheck_deps <- function(path = '.', which = 'strong'){
     update.packages(oldPkgs = deps, ask = FALSE)
   }
 }
+
+desc_deps <- function(desc){
+  deps <- c(desc$Package, desc$Depends, desc$Imports, desc$LinkingTo, desc$Suggests, desc$Enhances)
+  unique(trimws(sub("\\(.*\\)", "", unlist(strsplit(as.character(deps), ',')))))
+}