diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 9d7ad10f1..311991452 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ distribution are installed, for Debian and Ubuntu these are:
 
 ::
 
-    apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev
+    apt-get install qt4-qmake libqt4-dev build-essential libboost-dev libboost-system-dev \
+        libboost-filesystem-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-thread-dev libboost-all-dev \
+        libssl-dev libdb4.8++-dev
 
 then execute the following: