diff --git a/docs/source/initialsetup/compilingmame.rst b/docs/source/initialsetup/compilingmame.rst
index 4f4b6a0615a..a00fc77460b 100644
--- a/docs/source/initialsetup/compilingmame.rst
+++ b/docs/source/initialsetup/compilingmame.rst
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ Debian and Ubuntu (including Raspberry Pi and ODROID devices)
 You’ll need a few prerequisites from your Linux distribution.  Make sure you get
 SDL2 2.0.4 or later as earlier versions are buggy::
 
-    sudo apt-get install git build-essential python libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libfontconfig-dev qt5-default
+    sudo apt-get install git build-essential python libsdl2-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev libfontconfig-dev libpulse-dev qt5-default
 
 Compilation is exactly as described above in All Platforms.  Note the Ubuntu
 Linux modifies GCC to enable the GNU C Library “fortify source” feature by