From ba75f36b3963a5cc6fb02f518c283baf58d43c4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shane Utt <shaneutt@linux.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:11:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add build requirements to README.md

---
 README.md | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cd80748..4b3799d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -58,6 +58,17 @@ Pingora keeps a rolling MSRV (minimum supported Rust version) policy of 6 months
 
 Our current MSRV is 1.72.
 
+## Build Requirements
+
+Some of the crates in this repository have dependencies on additional tools and
+libraries that must be satisfied in order to build them:
+
+* Make sure that [Clang] is installed on your system (for boringssl)
+* Make sure that [Perl 5] is installed on your system (for openssl)
+
+[Clang]:https://clang.llvm.org/
+[Perl 5]:https://www.perl.org/
+
 # Contributing
 Please see our [contribution guidelines](./.github/CONTRIBUTING.md).