diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -203,10 +203,17 @@ jboss schema departs from its normal conventions. Any hand writeen resource
 manifests should go in `manifests/internal/custom_resource`. The generation
 task will overlay these files over the autogenerated version.
 
+To set up your system to be able to generate the resources  then perform the following steps:
+
+    gem install top
+    gem install puppet
+    gem install puppet-lint
+    gem install puppetlabs_spec_helper
+    gem install backports
+
 To regenerate resources, execute `rake resource:generate` within the project 
 folder.
 
-
 Developer Setup
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