diff --git a/tools/rpm/README.build-RPMs-with-VMs b/tools/rpm/README.build-RPMs-with-VMs
index 8db4fee92..afdc4c194 100644
--- a/tools/rpm/README.build-RPMs-with-VMs
+++ b/tools/rpm/README.build-RPMs-with-VMs
@@ -1,36 +1,42 @@
 Steps to set up a virtual machine for building RPMs
 
 Configure a new virtual machine instance for each platform and distribution
 Tested KVM/QEMU settings:
  1 CPU, 2048 MB RAM, 10 GB disk image, VGA graphics, Core2duo CPU 32-bit/64-bit
 
 Install distribution via CD/DVD ISO image (netinstall version)
 - standard (non-LVM) partition layout, 2GB Swap only, 500MB /boot, rest /
 - choose "Minimal" installation
 
 Make sure the following additional packages (and dependencies) are installed
+
   + on RedHat/Fedora/CentOS:
-    vim-enhanced openssh-clients python tar
+    vim-enhanced openssh-clients python tar screen
     yum-utils rpmdevtools rpm-build redhat-rpm-config createrepo
     git make gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran
     mpich2-devel openmpi-devel fftw-devel libjpeg-devel
+
   + on OpenSuSE
+    yast2-online-update-frontend
+    vim-enhanced screen
+    build rpm-build git-core python createrepo
+    openmpi-devel libjpeg8-devel fftw3-devel gcc-fortran gcc-c++
 
 Create user 'rpmbuild' and set password.
 Log in and create ssh key pair and append the public key the .ssh/authorized_keys
 file of the repository account for automatic file transfer
 Setup a suitable $HOME/.rpmmacros file
 Run rpmdev-setuptree
 
 Edit $HOME/.bash_profile to set environment variables for depositing files
 MYRPM_REPO_HOST MYRPM_REPO_USER MYRPM_REPO_DIR
 
 Clone LAMMPS-ICMS tree via:
  git clone git://git.icms.temple.edu/lammps-icms.git lammps-icms
 
 Build and sync the RPMs to the repository with:
 cd lammps-icms;
 git pull
 ./tools/rpm/build-rpm-from-git.sh
 ./sync-to-repo.sh