diff --git a/README b/README
index 5810f77d0..a4764e076 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ the source tree.
 BUILDING FROM SOURCE
 ======================================================================
 
+Install dependencies
+  sudo apt install build-essential ca-certificates gcc make automake libtool libguestfs-tools libguestfs-dev libnbd-dev gettext libpcre2-dev libvirt-dev libxml2-dev libjansson-dev libosinfo-1.0-dev ocaml-findlib libvirt-ocaml-dev libguestfs-ocaml-dev libnbd-ocaml-dev
+
 To build from git:
 
   git submodule update --init
@@ -87,4 +90,4 @@ Optional, used by the test suite:
 
 * guestfish
 
-* OCaml oUnit2
\ No newline at end of file
+* OCaml oUnit2