diff --git a/Building-for-Linux.md b/Building-for-Linux.md
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--- a/Building-for-Linux.md
+++ b/Building-for-Linux.md
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ touch Binaries/portable.txt
 ### Distributable .deb Package
 following instructions at [the PR this feature was implemented](https://github.com/dolphin-emu/dolphin/pull/10170):
 ```bash
+sudo apt install dpkg-dev
+
 mkdir build && cd build
 
 cmake -DCPACK_PACKAGE_CONTACT="Your Name Here" .. #you're responsible for what you distribute