diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1f8d733..685a0e6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ On Debian Bookworm, this can be done with:
 
 ```bash
 sudo apt install capnproto cmake g++ libboost-dev libcapnp-dev libsqlite3-dev \
-  rapidjson-dev zlib1g-dev pkg-config
+  make rapidjson-dev zlib1g-dev pkg-config
 ```
 
 Then compile and install laminar with: