diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3a1868..71ca369 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ The following dependencies are required to build it:
 - go-md2man
 - systemd
 - a c compiler. gcc is known to work
+- go
+- ninja
 
 The following dependencies enable various optional features:
 - bash-completion