diff --git a/bin/wally-package-install.sh b/bin/wally-package-install.sh
index 52ce5a9e2..f5d82d35b 100755
--- a/bin/wally-package-install.sh
+++ b/bin/wally-package-install.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if [ "$FAMILY" == rhel ]; then
     # A newer version of gcc is required for qemu
     OTHER_PACKAGES=(gcc-toolset-13)
 elif [ "$FAMILY" == ubuntu ]; then
-    PACKAGE_MANAGER=apt-get
+    PACKAGE_MANAGER="DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get"
     UPDATE_COMMAND="sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y --with-new-pkgs"
     GENERAL_PACKAGES=(rsync git make cmake python3 python3-pip python3-venv curl wget ftp tar pkg-config dialog mutt ssmtp)
     GNU_PACKAGES=(autoconf automake autotools-dev curl libmpc-dev libmpfr-dev libgmp-dev gawk build-essential bison flex texinfo gperf libtool patchutils bc zlib1g-dev libexpat1-dev ninja-build libglib2.0-dev libslirp-dev)