diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2394ed..672d90d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ LittlevGL is compatible with <samp>#![no_std]</samp> environments by default.
 
 ![Rust bindings usage demo code.](demo.png)
 
+## System Build Dependencies
+
+In order to build the `lvgl` project you will need the following system dependencies to be installed:
+
+```
+$ sudo apt install build-essential llvm clang
+```
+
 ## Usage
 
 Edit your `Cargo.toml` file dependencies with:
diff --git a/lvgl-sys/build.rs b/lvgl-sys/build.rs
index 9bc0450..0b53978 100644
--- a/lvgl-sys/build.rs
+++ b/lvgl-sys/build.rs
@@ -12,17 +12,24 @@ fn main() {
     let vendor_src = vendor.join("lvgl").join("src");
 
     let lv_config_dir = {
-        let raw_path = env::var(CONFIG_NAME).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
-            panic!(
-                "The environment variable {} is required to be defined",
-                CONFIG_NAME
-            );
+        let conf_path = env::var(CONFIG_NAME).map(|raw_path| PathBuf::from(raw_path)).unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+                match std::env::var("DOCS_RS") {
+                    Ok(_) => {
+                        // We've detected that we are building for docs.rs
+                        // so let's set the examples `lv_conf.h` file.
+                        project_dir.join("..").join("examples").join("include")
+                    }
+                    Err(_) => panic!(
+                        "The environment variable {} is required to be defined",
+                        CONFIG_NAME
+                    )
+            }
         });
-        let conf_path = PathBuf::from(raw_path);
 
         if !conf_path.exists() {
             panic!(format!(
-                "Directory referenced by {} needs to exist",
+                "Directory {} referenced by {} needs to exist",
+                conf_path.to_string_lossy(),
                 CONFIG_NAME
             ));
         }