diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 90017390f..3acef743f 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ fully comply with the official Debian packaging requirements. These scripts can
 be found in the 'debian' sub-directory. Binary packages can be built using
 'dpkg-buildpackage'.
 
+If you're using 'git-buildpackage' make sure to specify the autogen.sh script
+as a prebuild requirement (git-buildpackage --git-prebuild=./autogen.sh).
+
 Building Icinga 2
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