diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 80f7a281e..03ee62b0c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ file(GLOB kyty_emulator_src CONFIGURE_DEPENDS
 	"${KYTY_SOURCE_DIR}/loader/*.h"
 )
 
-find_program(KYTY_GLSLANG_VALIDATOR glslangValidator REQUIRED)
+find_program(KYTY_GLSLANG_VALIDATOR NAMES glslangValidator glslang REQUIRED)
 set(gpu_tiler_shader_dir "${KYTY_SOURCE_DIR}/graphics/host_gpu/shaders")
 set(gpu_tiler_generated_dir "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/gpu_tiler_shaders")
 set(gpu_tiler_shader_names
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5df2b78aa..9e8644865 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ the Vulkan/SPIR-V validation rules.
 - Visual Studio 2022 or Build Tools 2022 with the **Desktop development with C++** workload and
   **C++ Clang tools for Windows** component
 - Qt 6 for MSVC 2022 64-bit, including Concurrent, Network, and Widgets
-- [glslang](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang/releases) (`glslangValidator`) on `PATH`
+- [glslang](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/glslang/releases) (`glslang` or `glslangValidator`) on `PATH`
+- Python 3 on `PATH`; the bundled SPIRV-Tools runs it at configure time
 
 The Microsoft C++ compiler (`cl.exe`) is not supported; use `clang-cl`.
 
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ build has no working sound and no gamepad hotplug:
 
 ```bash
 sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends \
-  clang lld ninja-build cmake git glslang-tools pkg-config \
+  clang lld ninja-build cmake git glslang-tools python3 pkg-config \
   libgl1-mesa-dev libx11-dev libxcursor-dev libxext-dev libxfixes-dev \
   libxi-dev libxrandr-dev libxss-dev libxtst-dev libxkbcommon-dev \
   libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libudev-dev libdbus-1-dev libwayland-dev wayland-protocols
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ Requirements:
 
 - An Apple Silicon Mac with Rosetta 2 installed (`softwareupdate --install-rosetta`)
 - Xcode (or the Command Line Tools)
-- Homebrew packages: `brew install cmake ninja glslang`
+- Homebrew packages: `brew install cmake ninja glslang python`
 - Qt 6 (Concurrent, Network, Widgets) with x86-64 support. The official Qt installation is
   universal and works; Homebrew's Qt is arm64-only and will not link