diff --git a/BUILD.md b/BUILD.md
index 5376788b2..256128d4a 100644
--- a/BUILD.md
+++ b/BUILD.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 
 ## macOS dependencies
 
-    brew install yarn node xgettext
+     brew install yarn node xgettext
+     npm install -g node-gyp
     echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
     source ~/.bash_profile
 
@@ -35,4 +36,4 @@ From `/ReactNativeClient`, run `npm install`, then `react-native run-ios` or `re
 
 # Building the Terminal application
 
-From `/CliClient`, run `npm install` then run `run.sh`. If you get an error about `xgettext`, comment out the command `node build-translation.js --silent` in build.sh
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+From `/CliClient`, run `npm install` then run `run.sh`. If you get an error about `xgettext`, comment out the command `node build-translation.js --silent` in build.sh