diff --git a/docs/dev/setup.md b/docs/dev/setup.md
index ef3140d9913d44df020a70540604f676c445bd35..9fa715040832fd3c005f82287e9368b011e50415 100644
--- a/docs/dev/setup.md
+++ b/docs/dev/setup.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Use a terminal shell to execute the following commands:
 ```bash
 sudo apt update
 # May prompt for location information
-sudo apt install -y cmake pkg-config libssl-dev git build-essential clang libclang-dev curl
+sudo apt install -y cmake pkg-config libssl-dev git build-essential clang libclang-dev curl protobuf-compiler
 ```
 
 ### Arch Linux