diff --git a/README b/README
index 9c69cecff..3dd9a4986 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -28,6 +28,23 @@ See the file 'INSTALL'. If you are not using a released version of
 mate-panel (for example, if you checked out the code from git), you
 first need to run './autogen.sh'.
 
+Build dependencies
+==================
+
+On Ubuntu MATE 18.04 (daily 2018-01-30)
+build-essential
+mate-common
+libglib2.0-dev
+yelp-tools
+gobject-introspection
+libgtk-3-dev
+libmate-desktop-dev
+libmate-menu-dev
+libdbus-glib-1-dev
+libwnck-3-dev
+librsvg2-dev
+libmateweather-dev
+
 
 How to report bugs
 ==================