diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ecdf615a..3050d4ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ dupeGuru comes with a makefile that can be used to build and run:
 ### Building without Make
 
     $ cd <dupeGuru directory>
-    $ python3 -m venv ./env
+    $ python3 -m venv --system-site-packages ./env
     $ source ./env/bin/activate
     $ pip install -r requirements.txt
     $ python build.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ To generate packages the extra requirements in requirements-extra.txt must be in
 steps are as follows:
 
     $ cd <dupeGuru directory>
-    $ python3 -m venv ./env
+    $ python3 -m venv --system-site-packages ./env
     $ source ./env/bin/activate
     $ pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-extra.txt
     $ python build.py --clean
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ steps are as follows:
 
 This can be made a one-liner (once in the directory) as:
 
-    $ bash -c "python3 -m venv ./env && source env/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-extra.txt && python build.py --clean && python package.py"
+    $ bash -c "python3 -m venv --system-site-packages env && source env/bin/activate && pip install -r requirements.txt -r requirements-extra.txt && python build.py --clean && python package.py"
 
 ## Running tests
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ce5aa8de..0d1b8c10 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ sphinx>=1.2.2
 polib>=1.0.4
 hsaudiotag3k>=1.1.3*
 distro>=1.5.0
-PyQt5 >=5.4,<6.0
+PyQt5 >=5.4,<6.0; sys_platform != 'linux'
 pywin32>=200; sys_platform == 'win32'
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