diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ed81193..1d5e51e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ On musl systems, simply do `make` and `make install` to build and install.
 
 On glibc systems, you must additionally define LIBBSD_CFLAGS and LIBBSD_LIBS:
 
-   export LIBBSD_CFLAGS=$(pkg-config --cflags libbsd-overlay)
-   export LIBBSD_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs libbsd-overlay)
-   make
-   make install
+    export LIBBSD_CFLAGS=$(pkg-config --cflags libbsd-overlay)
+    export LIBBSD_LIBS=$(pkg-config --libs libbsd-overlay)
+    make
+    make install
 
 To run the tests, do `make check`.