diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7417db81e..a4ba25e44 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ uv sync --dev
 > [!TIP]
 >
 > - If sync fails with `missing field 'version'`, you may need to delete lockfile and rerun `rm uv.lock && uv sync --dev`.
-> - If sync fails with failed compilation, you may need to install clang and rerun `uv sync --dev`.
+> - If sync fails with failed compilation, you may need to install dependencies (see [install-deps.sh](scripts/install-deps.sh)) and rerun `uv sync --dev`.
 
 ### Running Tests
 
diff --git a/hatch.toml b/hatch.toml
index 118b460e5..a7bd23596 100644
--- a/hatch.toml
+++ b/hatch.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ version-file = "src/codegen/sdk/__init__.py"
 allow-direct-references = true
 [envs.hatch-build]
 installer = "uv"
+
 [[envs.hatch-build.matrix]]
 tool = ["uv", "pip"]
 
@@ -36,6 +37,14 @@ compile_args = [
     "darwin",
   ], arch = "arm64", arg = "-mcpu=apple-m1" },
 ]
+env = [
+  { env = "CC", arg = "cc", platforms = [
+    "linux",
+  ] },
+  { env = "CC", arg = "clang", platforms = [
+    "darwin",
+  ] },
+]
 cythonize_kwargs = { annotate = true, nthreads = 16, exclude_failures = false, cache = true }
 compiled_sdist = true
 compile_py = false
diff --git a/scripts/install-deps.sh b/scripts/install-deps.sh
index 77248fdcb..221e9790c 100755
--- a/scripts/install-deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-deps.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@ if command -v sudo &> /dev/null; then
 fi
 
 if command -v apt &> /dev/null; then
+    if ! (command -v clang &> /dev/null || command -v gcc &> /dev/null); then
+        echo "Neither clang nor gcc found. Installing gcc..."
+        $SUDO apt update && $SUDO apt install -y gcc build-essential python3-dev
+    fi
+
     $SUDO apt update && $SUDO apt install -y jq \
+        build-essential \
+        python3-dev \
         libpixman-1-dev \
         libcairo2-dev \
         libpango1.0-dev \