diff --git a/INSTALL.rst b/INSTALL.rst
index 2e8a1cd51..e3dab9cb4 100644
--- a/INSTALL.rst
+++ b/INSTALL.rst
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RedHat / CentOS::
 
 Alpine::
 
-    sudo apk add gcc python3-dev
+    sudo apk add gcc python3-dev musl-dev linux-headers
     pip install --no-binary :all: psutil
 
 Windows (build)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1995fa055..ae25116ae 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ def main():
                 elif which('rpm'):
                     missdeps("sudo yum install gcc %s%s-devel" % (pyimpl, py3))
                 elif which('apk'):
-                    missdeps("sudo apk add gcc %s%s-dev" % (pyimpl, py3))
+                    missdeps("sudo apk add gcc %s%s-dev musl-dev linux-headers" % (pyimpl, py3))
             elif MACOS:
                 print(hilite("XCode (https://developer.apple.com/xcode/) "
                              "is not installed", color="red"), file=sys.stderr)