diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ The RPM will be built in a directory and will have a pathname like, for example,
 ```
 %sudo rpm -i ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/i686/shairport-sync-2.3.13.1-1.fc22.i686.rpm
 ```
-You may have to manually create the directory `/var/shairport-sync` for the installation to succeed. Having edited the configuration file `/etc/shairport-sync.conf` as appropriate (see "Configuring Shairport Sync" below), start the service with:
+You may have to manually create the directory `/var/shairport-sync` for the installation to succeed. Having edited the configuration file `/etc/shairport-sync.conf` as appropriate (see "Configuring Shairport Sync" below), enable and start the service with:
 ```
+%sudo systemctl enable shairport-sync.service
 %sudo systemctl start shairport-sync.service
 ```