diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5571eb82..077ba2a7a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ board](https://github.com/filecoin-project/go-lotus/projects/1).
 - bzr (some go dependency needs this)
 - b2sum
 - jq
+- pkg-config
 
 *Building:*
 ```