diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78332d19..636bfa47 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@ Rack's dependencies (GLEW, glfw, etc) do not need to be installed on your system
 Install [Xcode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/).
 Using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/), install the build dependencies.
 ```
-brew install git cmake autoconf automake libtool
+brew install git wget cmake autoconf automake libtool
 ```
 
 ### Windows
 
 Install [MSYS2](http://www.msys2.org/) and launch the MinGW 64-bit shell (not the default MSYS shell).
 ```
-pacman -S git make tar unzip zip mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake autoconf automake mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool
+pacman -S git wget make tar unzip zip mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake autoconf automake mingw-w64-x86_64-libtool
 ```
 
 ### Linux
 
 On Arch Linux:
 ```
-pacman -S git gcc make cmake tar unzip zip curl
+pacman -S git wget gcc make cmake tar unzip zip curl
 ```
 
 Other distro build instructions coming soon.
diff --git a/dep.mk b/dep.mk
index 13d93c07..48b3c290 100644
--- a/dep.mk
+++ b/dep.mk
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ DEP_CFLAGS += $(DEP_FLAGS)
 DEP_CXXFLAGS += $(DEP_FLAGS)
 
 # Commands
-WGET := curl -OL
+WGET := wget -c
 UNTAR := tar xf
 UNZIP := unzip
 CONFIGURE := ./configure --prefix="$(realpath $(DEP_LOCAL))"