diff --git a/openssl-sys/build/main.rs b/openssl-sys/build/main.rs
index f1639ff56cb105abf4f5372b722ef2d019cea3b7..2036dcff463bc6b23b054c961ed3eca752c8712f 100644
--- a/openssl-sys/build/main.rs
+++ b/openssl-sys/build/main.rs
@@ -187,6 +187,8 @@ specific to your distribution:
     sudo pacman -S openssl
     # On Fedora
     sudo dnf install openssl-devel
+    # On Alpine Linux
+    apk add openssl-dev
 
 See rust-openssl README for more information:
 
diff --git a/openssl/src/lib.rs b/openssl/src/lib.rs
index 4750963a06e05761a044cf73ff48fd31dedd99f0..71221adecc15fbc3a138731fee77d35ab322ba28 100644
--- a/openssl/src/lib.rs
+++ b/openssl/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@
 //!
 //! # Fedora
 //! $ sudo dnf install pkg-config openssl-devel
+//!
+//! # Alpine Linux
+//! $ apk add pkgconfig openssl-dev
 //! ```
 //!
 //! ## Manual