diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e63ba86..5c39aac 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ RUN \
 
 RUN \
   echo "**** determine runtime packages ****" && \
-  scanelf --needed --nobanner /tmp/znc/usr/local/bin/znc \
+  scanelf --needed --nobanner /tmp/znc/usr/local/bin/znc /tmp/znc/usr/local/lib/znc/ \
     | awk '{ gsub(/,/, "\nso:", $2); print "so:" $2 }' \
     | sort -u \
     | xargs -r apk info --installed \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.aarch64 b/Dockerfile.aarch64
index ebfa290..665a0d5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.aarch64
+++ b/Dockerfile.aarch64
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ RUN \
 
 RUN \
   echo "**** determine runtime packages ****" && \
-  scanelf --needed --nobanner /tmp/znc/usr/local/bin/znc \
+  scanelf --needed --nobanner /tmp/znc/usr/local/bin/znc /tmp/znc/usr/local/lib/znc/ \
     | awk '{ gsub(/,/, "\nso:", $2); print "so:" $2 }' \
     | sort -u \
     | xargs -r apk info --installed \
diff --git a/readme-vars.yml b/readme-vars.yml
index 9c7d633..0fce119 100644
--- a/readme-vars.yml
+++ b/readme-vars.yml
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ init_diagram: |
   "znc:latest" <- Base Images
 # changelog
 changelogs:
+  - {date: "06.12.25:", desc: "Add missing dependencies for scripting modules." }
   - {date: "10.06.24:", desc: "Migrate default config file to newer format."}
   - {date: "06.06.24:", desc: "Rebase to Alpine 3.20."}
   - {date: "26.03.24:", desc: "Switch back to multi-threaded builds and ignore `-beta` and `-alpha` tags as well as `-rc`."}