diff --git a/README b/README
index aad1ba690ea62c443ba63f3a0aeacfa1ce35ca94..ff1294a2375aa55497d1c640af22c92e0cf49b82 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Build QGroundControl
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 1) From the terminal go to the `groundcontrol` directory
 
-2) Run `qmake`
+2) Run `qmake -spec macx-g++`
 
 3) Run `make -j8`