diff --git a/nodejs-sources.sh b/nodejs-sources.sh
index c832ca5..37ca2fd 100755
--- a/nodejs-sources.sh
+++ b/nodejs-sources.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ _arg_version=
 # THE DEFAULTS INITIALIZATION - OPTIONALS
 _arg_push="on"
 _arg_debug="off"
+_arg_install_missing_tools="off"
 
 
 print_help()
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ print_help()
 	printf '\t%s\n' "<version>: Node.js release version"
 	printf '\t%s\n' "--push, --no-push: Whether to upload to the lookaside cache (on by default)"
 	printf '\t%s\n' "--debug, --no-debug: Print all commands (off by default)"
+	printf '\t%s\n' "--install-missing-tools, --no-install-missing-tools: Automatically install missing tools that this script requires (off by default)"
 	printf '\t%s\n' "-h, --help: Prints help"
 }
 
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ parse_commandline()
 				_arg_debug="on"
 				test "${1:0:5}" = "--no-" && _arg_debug="off"
 				;;
+			--no-install-missing-tools|--install-missing-tools)
+				_arg_install_missing_tools="on"
+				test "${1:0:5}" = "--no-" && _arg_install_missing_tools="off"
+				;;
 			-h|--help)
 				print_help
 				exit 0
@@ -123,11 +129,23 @@ SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
 alias wget='wget --quiet'
 
-packages=("jq" "wget" "tar" "fedpkg" "grep" "sed" "python3-jinja2-cli" "nodejs")
+# wget is actually provided by wget2-wget in F40 and RHEL 10 and beyond,
+# so let's figure out a correct package name based on the current system
+# to not try to find a package that is called differently. Otherwise we
+# would try to install a package that is not necessary or available.
+wget_name=$( . /etc/os-release ; if [ "${PLATFORM_ID:9:2}" = "f4" ] || [ "${PLATFORM_ID:9:3}" = el1 ] ; then echo wget2-wget ; else echo wget ; fi)
+
+packages=("jq" "$wget_name" "tar" "fedpkg" "grep" "sed" "python3-jinja2-cli" "nodejs")
 
 rpm -q ${packages[@]} >/dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
-  sudo dnf -y install ${packages[@]}
+  echo "Some of the required tools missing: ${packages[@]}" >&2
+  if [ $_arg_install_missing_tools = 'on' ]; then
+    echo "Installing them automatically" >&2
+    sudo dnf -y install ${packages[@]}
+  else
+    die "Please, install them manually or specify --install-missing-tools=on argument."
+  fi
 fi
 
 set -e