diff --git a/README b/README
index 0c3e7dc..07f9e97 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ dependencies:
                 or compile from
                     git clone git://review.webmproject.org/libvpx.git
     libnestegg  git clone http://github.com/kinetiknz/nestegg.git
+    libimlib2-dev apt-get install libimlib2-dev
+
+on ubuntu you can also do:
+     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gstreamer-developers/ppa
+     sudo apt-get install libvpx-dev liboggplay-dev libfishsound-dev libimlib2-dev libtheora-dev
+     you still have to install libnestegg by hand
+