diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst
index ed366250a54e..c5e4617b4b41 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/gendwarfksyms.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,29 @@ selected, **gendwarfksyms** is used instead to calculate symbol versions
 from the DWARF debugging information, which contains the necessary
 details about the final module ABI.
 
+Dependencies
+------------
+
+gendwarfksyms depends on the libelf, libdw, and zlib libraries.
+
+Here are a few examples of how to install these dependencies:
+
+* Arch Linux and derivatives::
+
+	sudo pacman --needed -S libelf zlib
+
+* Debian, Ubuntu, and derivatives::
+
+	sudo apt install libelf-dev libdw-dev zlib1g-dev
+
+* Fedora and derivatives::
+
+	sudo dnf install elfutils-libelf-devel elfutils-devel zlib-devel
+
+* openSUSE and derivatives::
+
+	sudo zypper install libelf-devel libdw-devel zlib-devel
+
 Usage
 -----