diff --git a/doc/userguide/quickstart.rst b/doc/userguide/quickstart.rst
index 899de35fd4c3..d2bdda0fe8c0 100644
--- a/doc/userguide/quickstart.rst
+++ b/doc/userguide/quickstart.rst
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ It's assumed that you run a recent Ubuntu release as the official PPA can then
 be used for the installation. To install the latest stable Suricata version, follow
 the steps::
 
+    sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
     sudo add-apt-repository ppa:oisf/suricata-stable
     sudo apt update
     sudo apt install suricata jq