diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dff96e2..7175a0e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ This is an automake managed tool.  You can grab the tarball and do this:
 ```
 # curl https://media.githubusercontent.com/media/pelotoncycle/bsort/master/downloads/bsort-0.0.1.tar.gz  | tar -xvzf
 # cd bsort
+# autoreconf --install
 # ./configure
 # make
 # make install