diff --git a/labs/yocto-first-build-stm32/yocto-first-build-stm32.tex b/labs/yocto-first-build-stm32/yocto-first-build-stm32.tex
index 552e5e4b63..d959a1a82f 100644
--- a/labs/yocto-first-build-stm32/yocto-first-build-stm32.tex
+++ b/labs/yocto-first-build-stm32/yocto-first-build-stm32.tex
@@ -66,6 +66,13 @@ \section{Set up the build environment}
 \code{meta-openembedded/meta-oe}, \code{meta-openembedded/meta-python} and \code{meta-st-stm32mp} directory to the
 \yoctovar{BBLAYERS} variable.
 
+Finally, if not done already, configure a git username and email as some recipe
+can fail without it:
+\begin{verbatim}
+git config --global user.name "Your Name"
+git config --global user.email "your@email.com"
+\end{verbatim}
+
 \section{Build your first image}
 
 Now that you're ready to start the compilation, simply run: