diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
index ddf0ecd0c4..191e6f3173 100644
--- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
+++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml
@@ -8163,6 +8163,25 @@
                             must accept incoming connections from 192.168.7.0/24,
                             which is the default IP range used for tap devices
                             by <filename>runqemu</filename>.</para></listitem>
+                        <listitem><para><emphasis>Be sure your host has the
+                            correct packages installed:</emphasis>
+                            Depending your host's distribution, you need
+                            to have the following packages installed:
+                            <itemizedlist>
+                                <listitem><para>Ubuntu and Debian:
+                                    <filename>sysstat</filename> and
+                                    <filename>iproute2</filename>
+                                    </para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>OpenSUSE:
+                                    <filename>sysstat</filename> and
+                                    <filename>iproute2</filename>
+                                    </para></listitem>
+                                <listitem><para>Fedora:
+                                    <filename>sysstat</filename> and
+                                    <filename>iproute</filename>
+                                    </para></listitem>
+                            </itemizedlist>
+                        </para></listitem>
                     </itemizedlist>
                 </para>