diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ace7f571..2b26772e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ these packages:
 
     sudo apt-get install git cmake build-essential libgcrypt11-dev libyajl-dev \
         libboost-all-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat1-dev libcppunit-dev binutils-dev \
-        debhelper zlib1g-dev dpkg-dev
+        debhelper zlib1g-dev dpkg-dev pkg-config
 
 FreeBSD: