diff --git a/src/CMake/cpack.cmake b/src/CMake/cpack.cmake
index 97a76916f13..434a1970042 100644
--- a/src/CMake/cpack.cmake
+++ b/src/CMake/cpack.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ if (${LINUX_FLAVOR} STREQUAL Ubuntu)
   SET(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_CONTROL_EXTRA "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/postinst;${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/prerm")
   set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS ON)
   set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "ocl-icd-opencl-dev (>= 2.2.0), libboost-dev (>=1.58), libboost-filesystem-dev (>=1.58), uuid-dev (>= 2.27.1), dkms (>= 2.2.0), libprotoc-dev (>=2.6.1), protobuf-compiler (>=2.6.1), libncurses5-dev (>=6.0)")
-elseif ((${LINUX_FLAVOR} STREQUAL Redhat) OR (${LINUX_FLAVOR} STREQUAL CentOS))
+elseif (${LINUX_FLAVOR} MATCHES "^(RedHat|CentOS)")
   SET(CPACK_GENERATOR "RPM;TGZ")
   SET(PACKAGE_KIND "RPM")
   SET(CPACK_RPM_POST_INSTALL_SCRIPT_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/postinst")
diff --git a/src/runtime_src/tools/scripts/xrtdeps.sh b/src/runtime_src/tools/scripts/xrtdeps.sh
index 6613e257fa6..a246e71266e 100755
--- a/src/runtime_src/tools/scripts/xrtdeps.sh
+++ b/src/runtime_src/tools/scripts/xrtdeps.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 set -e
+
+usage()
+{
+    echo "Usage: xrtdeps.sh [options]"
+    echo
+    echo "[-help]                    List this help"
+    echo "[-validate]                Validate that required packages are installed"
+
+    exit 1
+}
+
+validate=0
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -help)
+            usage
+            ;;
+        -validate)
+            validate=1
+            shift
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "unknown option"
+            usage
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
 # Script to install XRT dependencies
 # Note all packages listed here are required for XRT. Some of them like jpeg, png, tiff, etc are used by applications
 RH_LIST=(\
@@ -9,6 +38,8 @@ RH_LIST=(\
      boost-static \
      cmake \
      compat-libtiff3 \
+     cppcheck \
+     curl \
      dkms \
      dmidecode \
      gcc \
@@ -28,6 +59,7 @@ RH_LIST=(\
      libuuid-devel \
      lm_sensors \
      make \
+     ncurses-devel \
      ocl-icd \
      ocl-icd-devel \
      opencl-headers \
@@ -35,21 +67,20 @@ RH_LIST=(\
      pciutils \
      perl \
      pkgconfig \
+     protobuf-devel \
+     protobuf-compiler \
+     protobuf-static \
      python \
      redhat-lsb \
      rpm-build \
      strace \
      unzip \
-     curl \
-     protobuf-devel \
-     protobuf-compiler \
-     protobuf-static \
-     ncurses-devel \
-     cppcheck \
      )
 
 UB_LIST=(\
      cmake \
+     cppcheck \
+     curl \
      dkms \
      dmidecode \
      g++ \
@@ -61,8 +92,10 @@ UB_LIST=(\
      libboost-filesystem-dev \
      libdrm-dev \
      libjpeg-dev \
+     libncurses5-dev \
      libopencv-core-dev \
      libpng-dev \
+     libprotoc-dev \
      libtiff5-dev \
      linux-headers-$(uname -r) \
      linux-libc-dev \
@@ -76,51 +109,67 @@ UB_LIST=(\
      python \
      pciutils \
      pkg-config \
+     protobuf-compiler \
      python3-sphinx \
      python3-sphinx-rtd-theme \
      sphinx-common \
      strace \
      unzip \
      uuid-dev \
-     curl \
-     libprotoc-dev \
-     protobuf-compiler \
-     libncurses5-dev \
-     cppcheck \
 )
 
 FLAVOR=`grep '^ID=' /etc/os-release | awk -F= '{print $2}'`
 FLAVOR=`echo $FLAVOR | tr -d '"'`
 
-if [ $FLAVOR == "ubuntu" ]; then
-    echo "Installing Ubuntu packages..."
-    sudo apt install -y "${UB_LIST[@]}"
-fi
+validate()
+{
+    if [ $FLAVOR == "ubuntu" ]; then
+        apt -qq list "${UB_LIST[@]}"
+    fi
 
-# Enable EPEL on CentOS/RHEL
-if [ $FLAVOR == "centos" ]; then
-    echo "Enabling EPEL repository..."
-    sudo yum install epel-release
-elif [ $FLAVOR == "rhel" ]; then
-    echo "Enabling EPEL repository..."
-    rpm -q --quiet epel-release
-    if [ $? != 0 ]; then
-	sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
-	sudo yum check-update
+    if [ $FLAVOR == "centos" ] || [ $FLAVOR == "rhel" ] ; then
+        rpm -q "${RH_LIST[@]}"
     fi
-fi
+}
 
-# Enable GCC 6 compiler set on RHEL/CentOS 7.X
-if [ $FLAVOR == "rhel" ]; then
-    echo "Enabling RHEL SCL repository..."
-    sudo yum-config-manager --enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
-elif [ $FLAVOR == "centos" ]; then
-    echo "Enabling CentOS SCL repository..."
-    sudo yum install centos-release-scl
-fi
+install()
+{
+    if [ $FLAVOR == "ubuntu" ]; then
+        echo "Installing Ubuntu packages..."
+        sudo apt install -y "${UB_LIST[@]}"
+    fi
+
+    # Enable EPEL on CentOS/RHEL
+    if [ $FLAVOR == "centos" ]; then
+        echo "Enabling EPEL repository..."
+        sudo yum install epel-release
+    elif [ $FLAVOR == "rhel" ]; then
+        echo "Enabling EPEL repository..."
+        rpm -q --quiet epel-release
+        if [ $? != 0 ]; then
+	    sudo yum install https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
+	    sudo yum check-update
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # Enable GCC 6 compiler set on RHEL/CentOS 7.X
+    if [ $FLAVOR == "rhel" ]; then
+        echo "Enabling RHEL SCL repository..."
+        sudo yum-config-manager --enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
+    elif [ $FLAVOR == "centos" ]; then
+        echo "Enabling CentOS SCL repository..."
+        sudo yum install centos-release-scl
+    fi
+
+    if [ $FLAVOR == "rhel" ] || [ $FLAVOR == "centos" ]; then
+        echo "Installing RHEL/CentOS packages..."
+        sudo yum install -y "${RH_LIST[@]}"
+        sudo yum install devtoolset-6
+    fi
+}
 
-if [ $FLAVOR == "rhel" ] || [ $FLAVOR == "centos" ]; then
-    echo "Installing RHEL/CentOS packages..."
-    sudo yum install -y "${RH_LIST[@]}"
-    sudo yum install devtoolset-6
+if [ $validate == 1 ]; then
+    validate
+else
+    install
 fi