diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ There are currently no pre-built binaries available. To build Danicoin on an
 Ubuntu machine, you first need to install some dependencies:
 
 ```
-sudo apt install git build-essential cmake libboost-all-dev
+sudo apt install git build-essential cmake libboost-all-dev libssl-dev
 ```
 
 You can then fetch the code and compile it like this: