diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d2aae60..d050e215 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -124,6 +124,11 @@ environment or from command line:
 
     snap run peek
 
+In case it fails to start with the message `You need to connect this snap to the gnome platform snap` 
+do the following command via command-line:
+
+    sudo snap connect peek:gnome-3-26-1604 gnome-3-26-1604:gnome-3-26-1604
+
 Snaps should automatically update in the background. If this is not happening
 you can update Peek manually to the latest version: