diff --git a/Documentation/Books/Manual/GettingStarted/Installing/Compiling.mdpp b/Documentation/Books/Manual/GettingStarted/Installing/Compiling.mdpp
index 1e3f0e4381..50d5de7c8f 100644
--- a/Documentation/Books/Manual/GettingStarted/Installing/Compiling.mdpp
+++ b/Documentation/Books/Manual/GettingStarted/Installing/Compiling.mdpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ By default, cloning the github repository will checkout **devel**. This version
 contains the development version of the ArangoDB.  Use this branch if you want
 to make changes to the ArangoDB source.
 
+On windows you first [need to allow and enable symlinks for your user](https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/wiki/Symbolic-Links#allowing-non-administrators-to-create-symbolic-links). 
 We now use [git submodules](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-submodule) for V8 and Rocksdb.
 Since the V8 git repository also requires external addons to be present, we end 
 up with recursive submodules. Thus a clone command now has to look like:
@@ -21,5 +22,8 @@ up with recursive submodules. Thus a clone command now has to look like:
     git submodule update --recursive
     git submodule update --init --recursive
 
+
+
+
 Please checkout the [cookbook](https://docs.arangodb.com/cookbook) on how to
 compile ArangoDB.