diff --git a/docs/installation-development.md b/docs/installation-development.md
index 2232082875cfa08f241d11a2e012bfbbd22a115c..1e3634d21da1eee0e741ea2440ba2cd42cf405dd 100644
--- a/docs/installation-development.md
+++ b/docs/installation-development.md
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ In case of MariaDB this is:
 
 ```shell
 sudo apt-get install \
-    python-dev \
+    python3.8-dev \
     default-libmysqlclient-dev \
     mariadb-server \
     libmariadbclient-dev
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ git clone https://gitlab.servus.at/autoradio/engine
 
 ## Installation
 
+Create a virtual environment for your Python dependencies:
+
+```shell
+virtualenv -p python3.8 python
+```
+
+To activate that environment, run
+
+```shell
+source python/bin/activate
+```
+
+Install the required dependencies
 
 ```shell
 ./install.sh