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@@ -93,9 +93,11 @@ And if you're building and running services locally, you need the following:
 * [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/)
 * A local installation of Kubernetes and [kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/)
 
+The Alpine linux distribution also requires `gcc` to be installed.
+
 ### Step 1: Install core dependencies
 
-Use your preferred method or package manager to install `git` and `rsync`. On Ubuntu, that's `sudo apt install git rsync`.
+Use your preferred method or package manager to install `git` and `rsync`. On Ubuntu, that's `sudo apt install git rsync`, on Alpine `apk add --no-cache git rsync gcc`
 
 ### Step 2: Install Garden