diff --git a/.github/workflows/module_docs_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/module_docs_ci.yml
index 1040eda411..5dfae8c15e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/module_docs_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/module_docs_ci.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Build V
         run: make -j4 && ./v symlink
+      - name: Install dependencies (some modules wrap C libs)
+        run: v retry -- sudo apt install --quiet -y libpq-dev
+          libsodium-dev libasound2-dev libssl-dev \
+          sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libfreetype6-dev \
+          libx11-dev libxi-dev freeglut3-dev \
+          libgl1-mesa-dri libxcursor-dev libgl-dev libxrandr-dev
       - name: Install markdown from vpm
         run: v retry -- v install markdown
       - name: Test v doc