diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 85720ba..042f821 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@ Feature *non-goals* for the main codebase include:
 dwl has only two dependencies: `wlroots` and `wayland-protocols`. 
 
 Simply install these (and their `-devel` versions if your distro has separate
-development packages) and run `meson setup build`.  If you wish to build against a Git
-version of wlroots, check out the [wlroots-next branch].
+development packages) and run
+```
+meson setup build
+meson compile -C build
+```
+If you wish to build against a Git version of wlroots, check out the [wlroots-next branch].
 
 To enable XWayland, you should also install xorg-xwayland and build with `-Dxwayland=enabled`.