diff --git a/INSTALL.asciidoc b/INSTALL.asciidoc
index 69d37ceeb..4e0b57ad8 100644
--- a/INSTALL.asciidoc
+++ b/INSTALL.asciidoc
@@ -61,6 +61,13 @@ repository (rather than a release):
 $ python3 scripts/asciidoc2html.py
 ----
 
+If sound doesn't seem to work, try installing the gstreamer plugins:
+
+----
+# apt-get install gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-base 
+gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-plugins-good
+----
+
 Then <<tox,install qutebrowser via tox>>.
 
 On Fedora