diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 8ef7e68..cf76a41 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ project is tested automatically to build cleanly for the following
    - Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial
    - MacOS X 10.14 (Xcode 10.2)
 
+   For Ubuntu 16.04 it is recommended to do the following before building:
+$ sudo apt install automake gcc git libncurses-dev libreadline-dev libssl-dev libsystemd-dev libtool make wget
+
+   For Fedora 31 it is recommended to do the following before building:
+$ sudo dnf install automake gcc git libtool make ncurses-devel openssl-devel readline-devel systemd-devel wget
+
 Basic Installation
 ==================