diff --git a/doc/INSTALL-LINUX.md b/doc/INSTALL-LINUX.md
index dd971e01..fcc0a21a 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL-LINUX.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL-LINUX.md
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ software packages available to download and install.
                         libavformat-dev \
                         libavresample-dev \
                         libavutil-dev \
+                        libbabl-dev \
                         libfdk-aac-dev \
                         libfreetype6-dev \
                         libjsoncpp-dev \
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL-MAC.md b/doc/INSTALL-MAC.md
index 5db761cf..7e566528 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL-MAC.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL-MAC.md
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ brew install unittest-cpp --cc=gcc-4.8. You must specify the c++ compiler with t
 brew install qt5
 brew install cmake
 brew install zeromq
+brew install babl
 ```
 
 ## Mac Build Instructions (libopenshot-audio)
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL-WINDOWS.md b/doc/INSTALL-WINDOWS.md
index ea01b302..3b1267d9 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL-WINDOWS.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL-WINDOWS.md
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-pip
 pacman -S mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-zeromq
 pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-pyzmq
 pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-python3-cx_Freeze
+pacman -S mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-ninja
 pacman -S git
 
 # Install ImageMagick if needed (OPTIONAL and NOT NEEDED)
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ pacman -S mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-python3-pip
 pacman -S mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-zeromq
 pacman -S mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-python3-pyzmq
 pacman -S mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-python3-cx_Freeze
+pacman -S mingw32/mingw-w64-i686-ninja
 pacman -S git
 
 # Install ImageMagick if needed (OPTIONAL and NOT NEEDED)
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@ pip3 install slacker
 pip3 install tinys3
 pip3 install github3.py
 pip3 install requests
+pip3 install meson
 ```  
 
 7) Download Unittest++ (https://github.com/unittest-cpp/unittest-cpp) into /MSYS2/[USER]/unittest-cpp-master/
@@ -243,7 +246,17 @@ cmake -G "MSYS Makefiles" ../ -DCMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM=mingw32-make -DCMAKE_INSTALL_
 mingw32-make install
 ```
 
-8) ZMQ++ Header (This might not be needed anymore)
+8) Install babl pixel encoding and color space conversion engine (https://gegl.org/babl/)
+
+``` 
+git clone https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/babl.git
+cd babl
+meson build --prefix=C:/msys64/mingw32
+cd build
+meson install
+```
+
+9) ZMQ++ Header (This might not be needed anymore)
   NOTE: Download and copy zmq.hpp into the /c/msys64/mingw64/include/ folder
 
 ## Manual Dependencies