diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ saslauth:
 Installation is done with the `./configure ; make ; make install` commands.
 
 If you are building from git, you will need to run `./autogen.sh` first to produce the `configure` script.
-Note that this requires `automake` to be installed.
+Note that this requires `automake` and `gettext` to be installed.
 
 You can use
 	./configure --help