diff --git a/Tools/environment_install/install-prereqs-ubuntu.sh b/Tools/environment_install/install-prereqs-ubuntu.sh
index a6f226cba1..7330d633a3 100755
--- a/Tools/environment_install/install-prereqs-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/Tools/environment_install/install-prereqs-ubuntu.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ elif [ ${RELEASE_CODENAME} == 'focal' ]; then
     SITLCFML_VERSION="2.5"
     PYTHON_V="python3"
     PIP=pip3
+elif [ ${RELEASE_CODENAME} == 'groovy' ]; then
+    SITLFML_VERSION="2.5"
+    SITLCFML_VERSION="2.5"
+    PYTHON_V="python3"
+    PIP=pip3
 elif [ ${RELEASE_CODENAME} == 'trusty' ]; then
     SITLFML_VERSION="2"
     SITLCFML_VERSION="2"
@@ -158,13 +163,19 @@ echo "Done!"
 if [ ${RELEASE_CODENAME} == 'focal' ]; then
     BASE_PKGS+=" python-is-python3"
     SITL_PKGS+=" libpython3-stdlib" # for argparse
+elif [ ${RELEASE_CODENAME} == 'groovy' ]; then
+    BASE_PKGS+=" python-is-python3"
+    SITL_PKGS+=" libpython3-stdlib" # for argparse
 else
   SITL_PKGS+=" python-argparse"
 fi
 
 # Check for graphical package for MAVProxy
 if [[ $SKIP_AP_GRAPHIC_ENV -ne 1 ]]; then
-  if [ ${RELEASE_CODENAME} == 'focal' ]; then
+  if [ ${RELEASE_CODENAME} == 'groovy' ]; then
+    SITL_PKGS+=" python3-wxgtk4.0"
+    SITL_PKGS+=" fonts-freefont-ttf libfreetype6-dev libjpeg8-dev libpng16-16 libportmidi-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev"  # for pygame
+  elif [ ${RELEASE_CODENAME} == 'focal' ]; then
     SITL_PKGS+=" python3-wxgtk4.0"
     SITL_PKGS+=" fonts-freefont-ttf libfreetype6-dev libjpeg8-dev libpng16-16 libportmidi-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev"  # for pygame
   elif apt-cache search python-wxgtk3.0 | grep wx; then