diff --git a/doc/build-unix.md b/doc/build-unix.md
index 159a1406081..31bbab7f0f9 100644
--- a/doc/build-unix.md
+++ b/doc/build-unix.md
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Dependency Build Instructions: Ubuntu & Debian
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 Build requirements:
 
-    sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev autoconf pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils
+    sudo apt-get install build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config libssl-dev libevent-dev bsdmainutils
 
 On at least Ubuntu 14.04+ and Debian 7+ there are generic names for the
 individual boost development packages, so the following can be used to only