diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 406ef8e5b95..43d97e84922 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ On Debian-based Linuxes:
 ``` sh
 sudo apt-get install curl freeglut3-dev autoconf \
     libfreetype6-dev libgl1-mesa-dri libglib2.0-dev xorg-dev \
-    gperf g++ cmake virtualenv python-pip \
+    gperf g++ build-essential cmake virtualenv python-pip \
     libssl-dev libbz2-dev libosmesa6-dev libxmu6 libxmu-dev \
     libglu1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev libegl1-mesa-dev
 ```