diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a32acc878..cbddaa0c0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ To build on Windows for development, using MSYS2 is recommended. Follow the inst
 
 For x86 (32 bit) builds:
 
-	pacman -Sy mingw-w64-i686-{cmake,ffmpeg,gcc,gdb,imagemagick,libelf,libepoxy,libzip,pkg-config,qt5,SDL2,ntldd-git}
+	pacman -Sy base-devel git mingw-w64-i686-{cmake,ffmpeg,gcc,gdb,imagemagick,libelf,libepoxy,libzip,pkg-config,qt5,SDL2,ntldd-git}
 
 For x86_64 (64 bit) builds:
 
-	pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-{cmake,ffmpeg,gcc,gdb,imagemagick,libelf,libepoxy,libzip,pkg-config,qt5,SDL2,ntldd-git}
+	pacman -Sy base-devel git mingw-w64-x86_64-{cmake,ffmpeg,gcc,gdb,imagemagick,libelf,libepoxy,libzip,pkg-config,qt5,SDL2,ntldd-git}
 
 Check out the source code by running this command:
 
diff --git a/README_DE.md b/README_DE.md
index b366af757..878e9cb69 100644
--- a/README_DE.md
+++ b/README_DE.md
@@ -136,11 +136,11 @@ Um mGBA auf Windows zu kompilieren, wird MSYS2 empfohlen. Befolge die Installati
 
 Für x86 (32 Bit):
 
-	pacman -Sy mingw-w64-i686-{cmake,ffmpeg,gcc,gdb,imagemagick,libelf,libepoxy,libzip,pkg-config,qt5,SDL2,ntldd-git}
+	pacman -Sy base-devel git mingw-w64-i686-{cmake,ffmpeg,gcc,gdb,imagemagick,libelf,libepoxy,libzip,pkg-config,qt5,SDL2,ntldd-git}
 
 Für x86_64 (64 Bit):
 
-	pacman -Sy mingw-w64-x86_64-{cmake,ffmpeg,gcc,gdb,imagemagick,libelf,libepoxy,libzip,pkg-config,qt5,SDL2,ntldd-git}
+	pacman -Sy base-devel git mingw-w64-x86_64-{cmake,ffmpeg,gcc,gdb,imagemagick,libelf,libepoxy,libzip,pkg-config,qt5,SDL2,ntldd-git}
 
 Lade den aktuellen mGBA-Quellcode mithilfe des folgenden Kommandos herunter: