diff --git a/docs/source/development.rst b/docs/source/development.rst
index 962095224..51296f97b 100644
--- a/docs/source/development.rst
+++ b/docs/source/development.rst
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ Also make sure you have ``Git`` installed. `Details <http://git-scm.com/book/en/
 .. note::
     Windows users should use Chocolatey as recommended above.:
 
+.. note::
+    Debian & Ubuntu users : apt-get install git npm nodejs-legacy bundler
+
 Once you have *Node.js* and *git* installed, run the following command inside the Converse.js
 directory: