diff --git a/Compiling.md b/Compiling.md
index 314ff7b..442e4ea 100644
--- a/Compiling.md
+++ b/Compiling.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ sudo dnf install cairo-devel xcb-proto xcb-util-devel xcb-util-wm-devel xcb-util
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 # i3
-# doesn't appear to actually require i3 to build
+sudo dnf install i3-ipc jsoncpp-devel
 
 # Volume
 sudo dnf install alsa-lib-devel