diff --git a/doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst b/doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst
index e3aad05f1ce..b3726a84d83 100644
--- a/doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst
+++ b/doc/getting_started/installation_mac.rst
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Install tools to build Zephyr binaries:
 
 .. code-block:: console
 
-   $ brew install cmake dfu-util doxygen qemu dtc python3 gperf
+   $ brew install cmake ninja dfu-util doxygen qemu dtc python3 gperf
    $ curl -O 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py'
    $ ./get-pip.py
    $ rm get-pip.py