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 dnf install cmake freetype-devel fontconfig-devel xclip
 ```
 
+#### CentOS/RHEL 7
+
+On CentOS/RHEL 7, you need a few extra libraries to build Alacritty. Here's a `yum`
+command that should install all of them. If something is still found to be
+missing, please open an issue.
+
+```sh
+yum install cmake freetype-devel fontconfig-devel xclip
+```
+
 #### openSUSE
 
 On openSUSE, you need a few extra libraries to build Alacritty. Here's