diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b93e766f..509d4142 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ of kiwix.
 Most of the compilation steps are handled by the kiwix-build.py
 script.
 
-This script has been tested of Fedora 23 and Ubuntu 16.10
+This script has been tested on Fedora 23 and Ubuntu 16.10
 
 If you want to cross-compile for other platforms as windows or android, you
 should read the "Other target platform" section.
 
+This script is not officially supported on Debian 8, but has been reported to work, after adding ~/.local/bin to the PATH.
+
 ## Preparing environment
 
 You will need a recent version of meson (0.34) and ninja (1.6)
@@ -28,14 +30,16 @@ them with your package manager.
 Else you can install them manually
 
 ### Meson
+You need to install python 3 and pip. On debian and ubuntu, they are provided by the package python3-pip
 
 ```
-pip install meson --user # Install Meson
+pip3 install meson --user # Install Meson
 ```
 
 (You may want to install meson in a virtualenv if you prefer)
 
 ### ninja
+You need git to be installed
 
 ```
 git clone git://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git
@@ -54,10 +58,10 @@ This is the simple one.
 ```
 
 It will compile everything.
-If you are using a supported platform (redhad or debian based) it will install
+If you are using a supported platform (redhat or debian based) it will install
 missing packages using sudo.
 If you don't want to trust kiwix-build.py and give it the root right, just
-launch yourself the the printed command.
+launch yourself the printed command.
 
 ### Outputs
 
diff --git a/kiwix-build.py b/kiwix-build.py
index 49aeaa86..418617aa 100755
--- a/kiwix-build.py
+++ b/kiwix-build.py
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@
         'COMMON': ['gcc-c++', 'cmake', 'automake', 'ccache', 'java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel']
     },
     'debian_native_dyn': {
-        'COMMON': ['automake', 'gcc', 'cmake', 'libbz2-dev', 'ccache'],
+        'COMMON': ['automake', 'gcc', 'cmake', 'libbz2-dev', 'ccache', 'pkg-config'],
         'zlib': ['zlib1g-dev'],
         'uuid': ['uuid-dev'],
         'ctpp2': ['libctpp2-dev'],
         'libmicrohttpd': ['libmicrohttpd-dev', 'ccache']
     },
     'debian_native_static': {
-        'COMMON': ['automake', 'gcc', 'cmake', 'libbz2-dev', 'ccache'],
+        'COMMON': ['automake', 'gcc', 'cmake', 'libbz2-dev', 'ccache', 'pkg-config'],
         'zlib': ['zlib1g-dev'],
         'uuid': ['uuid-dev'],
         'ctpp2': ['libctpp2-dev'],
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def __init__(self, options, targetsDict):
             sys.exit("ERROR: ninja command not found")
         self.meson_command = self._detect_meson()
         if not self.meson_command:
-            sys.exit("ERROR: meson command not fount")
+            sys.exit("ERROR: meson command not found")
         self.setup_build(options.target_platform)
         self.setup_toolchains()
         self.options = options