diff --git a/scripts/setup-centos9.sh b/scripts/setup-centos9.sh
index 825d2d29e32a0..b9c7a8f701460 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-centos9.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-centos9.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ FB_OS_VERSION="v2024.05.20.00"
 FMT_VERSION="10.1.1"
 BOOST_VERSION="boost-1.84.0"
 ARROW_VERSION="15.0.0"
+STEMMER_VERSION="2.2.0"
 
 function dnf_install {
   dnf install -y -q --setopt=install_weak_deps=False "$@"
@@ -175,6 +176,17 @@ function install_duckdb {
   fi
 }
 
+function install_stemmer {
+  wget_and_untar https://snowballstem.org/dist/libstemmer_c-${STEMMER_VERSION}.tar.gz stemmer
+  (
+    cd stemmer
+    sed -i '/CPPFLAGS=-Iinclude/ s/$/ -fPIC/' Makefile
+    make clean && make "-j${NPROC}"
+    ${SUDO} cp libstemmer.a /usr/local/lib/
+    ${SUDO} cp include/libstemmer.h /usr/local/include/
+  )
+}
+
 function install_arrow {
   wget_and_untar https://archive.apache.org/dist/arrow/arrow-${ARROW_VERSION}/apache-arrow-${ARROW_VERSION}.tar.gz arrow
   (
@@ -224,6 +236,7 @@ function install_velox_deps {
   run_and_time install_mvfst
   run_and_time install_fbthrift
   run_and_time install_duckdb
+  run_and_time install_stemmer
   run_and_time install_arrow
 }
 
diff --git a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
index e40bba1d99232..114ae3b371d24 100755
--- a/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ FB_OS_VERSION="v2024.05.20.00"
 FMT_VERSION="10.1.1"
 BOOST_VERSION="boost-1.84.0"
 ARROW_VERSION="15.0.0"
+STEMMER_VERSION="2.2.0"
 
 # Install packages required for build.
 function install_build_prerequisites {
@@ -184,6 +185,17 @@ function install_duckdb {
   fi
 }
 
+function install_stemmer {
+  wget_and_untar https://snowballstem.org/dist/libstemmer_c-${STEMMER_VERSION}.tar.gz stemmer
+  (
+    cd stemmer
+    sed -i '/CPPFLAGS=-Iinclude/ s/$/ -fPIC/' Makefile
+    make clean && make "-j${NPROC}"
+    ${SUDO} cp libstemmer.a /usr/local/lib/
+    ${SUDO} cp include/libstemmer.h /usr/local/include/
+  )
+}
+
 function install_arrow {
   wget_and_untar https://archive.apache.org/dist/arrow/arrow-${ARROW_VERSION}/apache-arrow-${ARROW_VERSION}.tar.gz arrow
   (
@@ -233,6 +245,7 @@ function install_velox_deps {
   run_and_time install_fbthrift
   run_and_time install_conda
   run_and_time install_duckdb
+  run_and_time install_stemmer
   run_and_time install_arrow
 }