diff --git a/zsnes/docs/README.LINUX b/zsnes/docs/README.LINUX
index 8c087a42..dfbe4817 100644
--- a/zsnes/docs/README.LINUX
+++ b/zsnes/docs/README.LINUX
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ To use this version, you need to install SDL 1.2.0 (www.libsdl.org).
 If you find any bug/missing feature in this version, please report it on the
 zsnes-devel mailing list or on sourceforge bugtracker. Check
 http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/zsnes for more information.
+
+If you are using debian or ubuntu be sure to install libsdl-dev