diff --git a/site/docs/install/e6400.md b/site/docs/install/e6400.md
index 7568e31..41c6e26 100644
--- a/site/docs/install/e6400.md
+++ b/site/docs/install/e6400.md
@@ -133,6 +133,25 @@ In Libreboot release ROMs after Libreboot 20230423, this Video BIOS ROM will
 manually re-download and re-add it. The Libreboot build system scrubs certain
 binary blobs, in the scripts from lbmk that create release archives.
 
+[Please read the Libreboot build guide](../build/) for more general guidance
+on compiling Libreboot. You should *especially* set name/email in Git, like
+so:
+
+	git config --global user.name "John Doe"
+	git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
+
+Ensure that the `python` command on your system is python *3*, not 2. You
+should ensure that you have the correct *build dependencies* installed; check
+the script names inside `resources/scripts/build/dependencies` and pick one
+that matches your Linux distro; if one isn't available, adapt accordingly.
+Then run it as root. For example, on Debian (stable, testing or sid all
+confirmed to work, as of 9 May 2023):
+
+	./build dependencies debian
+
+With build dependencies installed, and Git configured, you may then run
+lbmk commands to compile the ROM image.
+
 Libreboot's `blobutil`, while in the `e6400nvidia_wip` branch, can be
 executed like so: