diff --git a/doc/build.md b/doc/build.md
index 9b485f8c2..2fda2c0c1 100644
--- a/doc/build.md
+++ b/doc/build.md
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ What's working so far?
 - pkc-config
 - libssl-dev
 - linux-headers (reported needed on Alpine linux)
-- pkg-config (reported on Ubuntu)
-- libssl-dev (reported on various builds) 
+
+For Debian-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc), all in one line (except Rust):
+```
+apt install build-essential cmake git libgit2-dev clang libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev zlib1g-dev pkg-config libssl-dev
+```
 
 ## Build steps