diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/README.md b/projects/amdsmi/README.md
index f6b798937d..1171ea3bc9 100644
--- a/projects/amdsmi/README.md
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/README.md
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ during development; earlier versions are not guaranteed to work.
 
 * CMake (v3.14.0 or later) -- `python3 -m pip install cmake`
 * g++ (v5.4.0 or later)
+* libdrm-dev (for Ubuntu and Debian)
+* libdrm-devel (for RPM-based distributions)
 
 In order to build the AMD SMI Python package, the following components are required:
 
diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/docs/install/build.md b/projects/amdsmi/docs/install/build.md
index e8829bc3ce..27b06b8586 100644
--- a/projects/amdsmi/docs/install/build.md
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/docs/install/build.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ versions are not guaranteed to work.
 
 * CMake (v3.14.0 or later) -- `python3 -m pip install cmake`
 * g++ (v5.4.0 or later)
+* libdrm-dev (for Ubuntu and Debian)
+* libdrm-devel (for RPM-based distributions)
 
 In order to build the AMD SMI Python package, the following components are
 required: