diff --git a/doc/source/devref/development.environment.rst b/doc/source/devref/development.environment.rst
index 81db91c2f23..d5b70b953da 100644
--- a/doc/source/devref/development.environment.rst
+++ b/doc/source/devref/development.environment.rst
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ Install the prerequisite packages.
 
 On Ubuntu::
 
-  sudo apt-get install python-dev libssl-dev python-pip git-core libmysqlclient-dev libpq-dev
+  sudo apt-get install python-dev libssl-dev python-pip git-core libmysqlclient-dev libpq-dev libffi-dev
 
 On Fedora-based distributions (e.g., Fedora/RHEL/CentOS/Scientific Linux)::