diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6a82998..c2e7f050 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ cmake ..
 make -j8
 ```
 
-`./installdeps` is supported on MSys2, Linux (Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora or Arch
-Linux) and Mac OS X (homebrew, macports or fink.)
+`./installdeps` is supported on MSys2, Linux (Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch or
+Solus) and Mac OS X (homebrew, macports or fink.)
 
 The Ninja cmake generator is also now supported, including on msys2.
 
diff --git a/installdeps b/installdeps
index 33f9900a..0c6a19cf 100755
--- a/installdeps
+++ b/installdeps
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ linux_installdeps() {
         fedora_installdeps
     elif [ -f /etc/arch-release ]; then
         archlinux_installdeps
+    elif [ -f /etc/solus-release ]; then
+        solus_installdeps
     else
         error "Don't know how to install deps on your version of Linux"
     fi
@@ -426,6 +428,13 @@ archlinux_installdeps() {
     build_instructions
 }
 
+solus_installdeps() {
+    check sudo eopkg -y install -c system.devel
+    check sudo eopkg -y install git cmake pkg-config nasm zlib-devel mesalib-devel libcairo-devel ffmpeg-devel gettext-devel libpng-devel sdl2-devel SFML-devel openal-soft-devel wxwidgets-devel libgtk-2-devel libgtk-3-devel
+
+    build_instructions
+}
+
 msys2_installdeps() {
     msys2=1