diff --git a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
index 9ffccab17..2f1039f68 100644
--- a/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
+++ b/chapter06/glibc-inst.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ Install Glibc by running the following commands:
 
 <blockquote><literallayout>
 
+	<userinput>mknod -m 0666 /dev/null c 1 3 &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>touch /etc/ld.so.conf &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>mkdir /usr/src/glibc-build &amp;&amp;</userinput>
 	<userinput>cd /usr/src/glibc-build &amp;&amp;</userinput>