diff --git a/website/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.md b/website/developer-docs/setup/full-dev-environment.md
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@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ poetry shell # Creates a python virtualenv, and activates it in a new shell
 poetry install # Install all required dependencies, including development dependencies
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+:::info
+Depending on platform, some native dependencies might be required. On macOS, run `brew install libxmlsec1 libpq`, and for the CLI tools `brew install postgresql redis`
+:::
+
 To configure authentik to use the local databases, we need a local config file. This file can be generated by running `make gen-dev-config`.
 
 To apply database migrations, run `make migrate`. This is needed after the initial setup, and whenever you fetch new source from upstream.