diff --git a/README b/README
index 490c36d..94b6e1c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ On the system vps.example.com, you can now run dnsseed:
 If you want the DNS server to report SOA records, please provide an
 e-mailadres (with the @ part replaced by .) using -m.
 
+COMPILING
+---------
+Compiling will require boost and ssl.  On debian systems, these are provided
+by `libboost-dev` and `libssl-dev` respectively.
+
+$ make
+
+This will produce the `dnsseed` binary.
+
+
 RUNNING AS NON-ROOT
 -------------------