diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e24c965..004456a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Then within the container:
 
 ```bash
 apk add --no-cache build-base bsd-compat-headers m4 openssl-dev libmagic libuuid lmdb lmdb-dev git readline-dev autoconf automake libtool zlib-dev vips ncurses wget unzip openssl util-linux-dev bash
+ln -s /usr/lib/libvips.so.42 /usr/lib/libvips.so
 git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git:// # for luarocks pulling from github; it uses unencrypted
 git clone https://git.sakal.us/brian/luaver.git ~/.luaver
 bash