diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 240bf82c..8242d12d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,42 +54,27 @@ See [Architecture](./doc/ARCHITECTURE.md) for the architecture of [**pgagroal**]
 * [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/)
 * [OpenBSD](http://www.openbsd.org/)
 
-## Compiling the source
 
-[**pgagroal**](https://github.com/agroal/pgagroal) requires
+## Compiling from sources
 
-* [gcc 8+](https://gcc.gnu.org) (C17)
+[**pgagroal**](https://github.com/agroal/pgagroal) can be compiled from sources,
+after having installed all the required dependencies:
+
+* [gcc 8+](https://gcc.gnu.org) (C17) or [clang 8+](https://clang.llvm.org/)
 * [cmake](https://cmake.org)
-* [make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)
+* [GNU make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) or BSD `make`
 * [libev](http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html)
 * [OpenSSL](http://www.openssl.org/)
-* [systemd](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/)
 * [rst2man](https://docutils.sourceforge.io/)
 * [libatomic](https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Atomic)
 * [cJSON](https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON)
+* [Doxygen](https://doxygen.nl/index.html)
+* [pdflatex](https://tug.org/texlive/)
+* [systemd](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/) (on Linux systems)
 
-On Rocky Linux (and similar) operating systems, the dependencies
-can be installed via `dnf(8)` as follows:
-
-```sh
-dnf install git gcc cmake make    \
-            libev libev-devel     \
-            openssl openssl-devel \
-            systemd systemd-devel \
-            python3-docutils      \
-            libatomic             \
-            cjson cjson-devel
-```
-
-Please note that, on Rocky Linux, in order to install the `python3-docutils`
-package (that provides `rst2man` executable), you need to enable the `crb` repository:
-
-```sh
-dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
-```
 
+See the [documentation about installing the required dependencies](doc/DISTRIBUTIONS.md).
 
-Alternatively to GCC, [clang 8+](https://clang.llvm.org/) can be used.
 
 ### Release build
 
diff --git a/doc/DISTRIBUTIONS.md b/doc/DISTRIBUTIONS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52882868
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/DISTRIBUTIONS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Compiling `pgagroal` from sources
+
+[**pgagroal**](https://github.com/agroal/pgagroal) requires the following dependencies:
+
+* a C compiler like [gcc 8+](https://gcc.gnu.org) (C17) or [clang 8+](https://clang.llvm.org/)
+* [cmake](https://cmake.org)
+* [GNU make](https://www.gnu.org/software/make/) or BSD `make`
+* [libev](http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html)
+* [OpenSSL](http://www.openssl.org/)
+* [rst2man](https://docutils.sourceforge.io/)
+* [libatomic](https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Atomic)
+* [cJSON](https://github.com/DaveGamble/cJSON)
+* [Doxygen](https://doxygen.nl/index.html)
+* [pdflatex](https://tug.org/texlive/)
+* on Linux platforms, there is also the need for
+  * [systemd](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/)
+
+
+
+## Compiling on Rocky Linux
+
+All the dependencies can be installed via `dnf(8)` as follows:
+
+```sh
+dnf install git gcc cmake make    \
+            libev libev-devel     \
+            openssl openssl-devel \
+            systemd systemd-devel \
+            python3-docutils      \
+            libatomic             \
+            cjson cjson-devel
+```
+
+Please note that, on Rocky Linux, in order to install the `python3-docutils`
+package (that provides `rst2man` executable), you need to enable the `crb` repository:
+
+```sh
+dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
+```
+
+## Compiling on FreeBSD
+
+All the dependencies can be installed via `pkg(8)` as follows:
+
+```sh
+pkg install cmake          	\
+            libev libevent 	\
+            py311-docutils 	\
+			libcjson       	\
+			texlive-formats \
+```
diff --git a/pgagroal.spec b/pgagroal.spec
index cc8d8e7e..0f1138fa 100644
--- a/pgagroal.spec
+++ b/pgagroal.spec
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ cd %{buildroot}%{_libdir}/
 %{_docdir}/%{name}/README.md
 %{_docdir}/%{name}/RPM.md
 %{_docdir}/%{name}/SECURITY.md
+%{_docdir}/%{name}/DISTRIBUTIONS.md
 %{_docdir}/%{name}/grafana/dashboard.json
 %{_docdir}/%{name}/grafana/README.md
 %{_docdir}/%{name}/etc/pgagroal.service