diff --git a/setup/emc-update-impl.bash b/setup/emc-update-impl.bash
index 0d9fc04..4ed53cf 100755
--- a/setup/emc-update-impl.bash
+++ b/setup/emc-update-impl.bash
@@ -146,4 +146,7 @@ fi
 sudo cp "$EMC_SYSTEM_DIR"/devel/lib/libemc_system.so /usr/lib/libemc-framework.so
 sudo cp "$EMC_SYSTEM_DIR"/src/emc_system/include/emc /usr/include/ -r
 
+# 6) Install gtest for localization assignments
+_make_sure_installed libgtest-dev
+
 trap - ERR