diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index e65a67edc..601dc6b0d 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ the following dependencies are installed first.
 * ImageMagick (optional, needed to use the `kitty icat` tool to display images in the terminal)
 * gcc or clang (required only for building)
 * pkg-config (required only for building)
+* For building on linux in addition to the above dependencies you might also need to install the `-dev` packages for `xcursor`, `xrandr`, `xinerama` and `xkbcommon-x11`, if they are not already installed by your distro.
 
 === Install and run from source