diff --git a/scripts/install-moonraker.sh b/scripts/install-moonraker.sh
index c6360664d..2e23633e5 100755
--- a/scripts/install-moonraker.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-moonraker.sh
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ install_packages()
     # Update system package info
     report_status "Running apt-get update..."
     sudo apt-get update --allow-releaseinfo-change
-
-    system_deps="${SRCDIR}/scripts/system-dependencies.json"
+    if [apt-cache search grep | grep -q "python3-libgpiod"]; then
+     system_deps="${SRCDIR}/scripts/system-dependencies.json"
+    else
+      echo "can't install the libgpiod lib! the system might not support gpio, skipping installation of gpio lib's."
+      system_deps="${SRCDIR}/scripts/system-dependencies-without-gpio.json"
+    fi
     if [ -f "${system_deps}" ]; then
         if [ ! -x "$(command -v python3)" ]; then
             report_status "Installing python3 base package..."
diff --git a/scripts/system-dependencies-without-gpio.json b/scripts/system-dependencies-without-gpio.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..924132c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/system-dependencies-without-gpio.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "debian": [
+        "python3-virtualenv",
+        "python3-dev",
+        "liblmdb-dev",
+        "libopenjp2-7",
+        "libsodium-dev",
+        "zlib1g-dev",
+        "libjpeg-dev",
+        "packagekit",
+        "wireless-tools",
+        "curl"
+    ]
+}