diff --git a/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh b/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
index 6cd54be47c2..75fcdd513e9 100755
--- a/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu.sh
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@ echo "Physical Memory: ${MEM_GIG}G"
 echo "Disk space total: ${DISK_TOTAL}G"
 echo "Disk space available: ${DISK_AVAIL}G"
 
-( [[ $NAME == "Ubuntu" ]] && ( [[ "$(echo ${VERSION_ID})" == "16.04" ]] || [[ "$(echo ${VERSION_ID})" == "18.04" ]] )  ) || ( echo " - You must be running 16.04.x or 18.04.x to install EOSIO." && exit 1 )
+( [[ $NAME == "Ubuntu" ]] && ( [[ "$(echo ${VERSION_ID})" == "16.04" ]] || [[ "$(echo ${VERSION_ID})" == "18.04" ]] || [[ "$(echo ${VERSION_ID})" == "20.04" ]])  ) || ( echo " - You must be running 16.04.x or 18.04.x or 20.04.x to install EOSIO." && exit 1 )
 
 [[ $MEM_GIG -lt 7 ]] && echo "Your system must have 7 or more Gigabytes of physical memory installed." && exit 1
 [[ "${DISK_AVAIL}" -lt "${DISK_MIN}" ]] && echo " - You must have at least ${DISK_MIN}GB of available storage to install EOSIO." && exit 1
 
 # system clang and build essential for Ubuntu 18 (16 too old)
-( [[ $PIN_COMPILER == false ]] && [[ $VERSION_ID == "18.04" ]] ) && EXTRA_DEPS=(clang,dpkg\ -s llvm-7-dev,dpkg\ -s)
+( [[ $PIN_COMPILER == false ]] && ( [[ $VERSION_ID == "18.04" ]] ||  [[ $VERSION_ID == "20.04" ]] ) ) && EXTRA_DEPS=(clang,dpkg\ -s llvm-7-dev,dpkg\ -s)
 # We install clang8 for Ubuntu 16, but we still need something to compile cmake, boost, etc + pinned 18 still needs something to build source
-( [[ $VERSION_ID == "16.04" ]] || ( $PIN_COMPILER && [[ $VERSION_ID == "18.04" ]] ) ) && ensure-build-essential
+( [[ $VERSION_ID == "16.04" ]] || ( $PIN_COMPILER && ( [[ $VERSION_ID == "18.04" ]] || [[ $VERSION_ID == "20.04" ]]) ) ) && ensure-build-essential
 $ENABLE_COVERAGE_TESTING && EXTRA_DEPS+=(lcov,dpkg\ -s)
 ensure-apt-packages "${REPO_ROOT}/scripts/eosio_build_ubuntu_deps" $(echo ${EXTRA_DEPS[@]})
 echo ""
diff --git a/scripts/helpers/eosio.sh b/scripts/helpers/eosio.sh
index 39d567e0830..9c974e8aa25 100755
--- a/scripts/helpers/eosio.sh
+++ b/scripts/helpers/eosio.sh
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function print_supported_linux_distros_and_exit() {
 
 function ensure-compiler() {
     # Support build-essentials on ubuntu
-    if [[ $NAME == "CentOS Linux" ]] || [[ $VERSION_ID == "16.04" ]] || ( $PIN_COMPILER && [[ $VERSION_ID == "18.04" ]] ); then
+    if [[ $NAME == "CentOS Linux" ]] || [[ $VERSION_ID == "16.04" ]] || ( $PIN_COMPILER && ( [[ $VERSION_ID == "18.04" ]] || [[ $VERSION_ID == "20.04" ]] ) ); then
         export CXX=${CXX:-'g++'}
         export CC=${CC:-'gcc'}
     fi