diff --git a/doc/getting_started/install.rst b/doc/getting_started/install.rst
index dce643e24..12195a9ec 100644
--- a/doc/getting_started/install.rst
+++ b/doc/getting_started/install.rst
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ tarball.
 Fortunately, all major distributions include a ready-to-use
 package. On Debian/Ubuntu::
 
-  $ apt-get install python-rrdtool
+  $ apt-get install libcairo2-dev libpango1.0-dev librrd-dev
+  $ pip install python-rrdtool
 
 .. _database: