diff --git a/release/Makefile.gce b/release/Makefile.gce
index ff260726a844..ff364c9287c5 100644
--- a/release/Makefile.gce
+++ b/release/Makefile.gce
@@ -1,78 +1,80 @@
 #
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 #
 # Makefile for uploading Google Compute Engine disk images.
 #
 
 GCE_IMG?=		${.OBJDIR}/gce.raw
 GCE_UPLOAD_TGTS=	gce-check-depends \
 			gce-do-package \
 			gce-do-upload
 # I do not yet have a better way to deal with the "must be run interactively"
 # thing, so this is a fail-safe "do not do anything."
 .if !defined(GCE_LOGIN_SKIP) || empty(GCE_LOGIN_SKIP)
 GCE_UPLOAD_TGTS=	gce-do-login
 .endif
 CLEANFILES+=		${GCE_UPLOAD_TGTS}
 
 GCE_BUCKET?=
 GCE_LICENSE?=
 
 .if !defined(GCE_FAMILY) || empty(GCE_FAMILY)
 GCE_FAMILY=		${TYPE:tl}-${REVISION:S,.,-,}
 .endif
 
 .if ${BRANCH} == "STABLE" || ${BRANCH} == "CURRENT" || ${BRANCH} == "PRERELEASE"
 SNAPSHOT_DATE=		-v${BUILDDATE}
 GCE_FAMILY_SUFX=	-snap
 .endif
 
 # Really?  Uppercase characters are not allowed?  Sigh...
 # And don't even get me started on the '.'.
 GCE_TARGET:=		${OSRELEASE:S,.raw,,:tl:S,.,-,g}${SNAPSHOT_DATE}
 
 gce-upload:		${GCE_UPLOAD_TGTS}
 
 gce-check-depends:
 .for VAR in _BUCKET
 . if !defined(GCE${VAR}) || empty(GCE${VAR})
 	@echo "Variable GCE${VAR} cannot be empty."
 	@false
 . endif
 .endfor
 .if !exists(/usr/local/bin/gcloud)
 . if !exists(${PORTSDIR}/net/google-cloud-sdk/Makefile)
 .  if !exists(/usr/local/sbin/pkg-static)
 	env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes pkg bootstrap -yf
 .  endif
 	env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes pkg install -y net/google-cloud-sdk
+	env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=yes pkg install -y lang/python lang/python3 \
+		net/google-cloud-sdk
 . else
 	env UNAME_r=${UNAME_r} make -C ${PORTSDIR}/net/google-cloud-sdk BATCH=1 all install clean
 	env UNAME_r=${UNAME_r} make -C ${PORTSDIR}/lang/python BATCH=1 all install clean
 	env UNAME_r=${UNAME_r} make -C ${PORTSDIR}/lang/python3 BATCH=1 all install clean
 . endif
 .endif
 
 gce-do-package:
 	@# Yes, really...  Sigh.
 	cd ${.OBJDIR} && mv gce.raw disk.raw
 	cd ${.OBJDIR} && tar --format=gnutar -zcf \
 		${GCE_TARGET:S,${.OBJDIR}/,,}.tar.gz disk.raw
 	cd ${.OBJDIR} && mv disk.raw gce.raw
 	touch ${.OBJDIR}/${.TARGET}
 
 gce-do-login:
 	@echo "This requires human interaction, which is not yet supported."
 	@true
 
 gce-do-upload:
 	@# Fallthrough in case the bucket already exists.
 	/usr/local/bin/gsutil mb gs://${GCE_BUCKET} || true
 	/usr/local/bin/gsutil cp ${.OBJDIR}/${GCE_TARGET}.tar.gz \
 		gs://${GCE_BUCKET}/
 	/usr/local/bin/gcloud compute images create ${GCE_TARGET} \
 		--family=${GCE_FAMILY}${GCE_FAMILY_SUFX} ${GCE_LICENSE} \
 		--source-uri gs://${GCE_BUCKET}/${GCE_TARGET}.tar.gz
 	touch ${.OBJDIR}/${.TARGET}