diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3b8fa7c..c62ae1a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ To build the theme the following packages are required
 * `libgtk-3-dev` for Debian based distros or `gtk3-devel` for RPM based distros
 * `git` to clone the source directory
 * `optipng`
+*  `inkscape`
 
 **Note:** For distributions which don't ship separate development packages, just the GTK 3 package is needed instead of the `-dev` packages.