diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 48defce5a..587202eb4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ detailed instructions, see Waku v1 and v2 home above.
 
 * GNU Make, Bash and the usual POSIX utilities. Git 2.9.4 or newer.
 * PCRE
+* [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/)
 
 More information on the installation of these can be found [here](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus#prerequisites).