diff --git a/BUILD_LINUX.md b/BUILD_LINUX.md
index 8820bda8f6..4cfe2f59a0 100644
--- a/BUILD_LINUX.md
+++ b/BUILD_LINUX.md
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ Install Python 3:
 sudo apt-get install python3.6
 ```
 
+Install node, required to build the jsdoc documentation
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install nodejs
+```
 
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