diff --git a/docs/setup/basics/how_to_build.md b/docs/setup/basics/how_to_build.md
index f5eb96945d1..f78c631ab04 100644
--- a/docs/setup/basics/how_to_build.md
+++ b/docs/setup/basics/how_to_build.md
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ sudo apt-get install git
 sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
 sudo apt-get install npm
 sudo apt-get install libfontconfig
+sudo apt-get install r-base-dev
+sudo apt-get install r-cran-evaluate
 ```