diff --git a/packaging/debian/README.md b/packaging/debian/README.md
index 1561d854f8d..d894fd1c0cc 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/README.md
+++ b/packaging/debian/README.md
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ Ansible Debian Package
 To create an Ansible DEB package:
 
     sudo apt-get install python-paramiko python-yaml python-jinja2 python-httplib2 python-setuptools python-six sshpass
-    sudo apt-get install cdbs debhelper dpkg-dev git-core reprepro fakeroot asciidoc devscripts docbook-xml xsltproc libxml2-utils
-    sudo apt-get install dh-python
+    sudo apt-get install cdbs debhelper git-core reprepro fakeroot asciidoc devscripts docbook-xml xsltproc libxml2-utils
+    sudo apt-get install dh-python build-essential
     git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git
     cd ansible
     make deb