diff --git a/build-ubunturepo b/build-ubunturepo
index 97ce0a1c1..ba4cd8dcb 100755
--- a/build-ubunturepo
+++ b/build-ubunturepo
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ for i in $*; do
 done
 
 # Supported distributions
-dists="saucy trusty utopic xenial"
+dists="saucy trusty utopic xenial bionic"
 
 c_flag=            # xcat-core (trunk-delvel) path
 d_flag=            # xcat-dep (trunk) path