diff --git a/install-deps.sh b/install-deps.sh
index 34ba728..b388ec7 100755
--- a/install-deps.sh
+++ b/install-deps.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-emerge -av --noreplace \
+echo "Ensuring system dependencies are present ..."
+sudo emerge -av --noreplace \
 	x11-misc/xclip \
 	sys-apps/ripgrep \
-	net-libs/nodejs
+	net-libs/nodejs \
+	sys-devel/clang
+
+# don't want to be root for this, rustup is typically installed by non-root users and won't be
+# present for root at all.
+if ! command -v rustup &> /dev/null; then
+	echo "Not installing rust-analyzer, rustup not found."
+else
+	rustup component add rust-src rust-analyzer
+fi