diff --git a/docs/install_linux_mac.rst b/docs/install_linux_mac.rst
index 26df6f823..1fe908070 100644
--- a/docs/install_linux_mac.rst
+++ b/docs/install_linux_mac.rst
@@ -51,15 +51,40 @@ CentOS and RHEL 7
 
 Complete the rest of the installation by `installing Python 3.8 with pyenv <install-python-pyenv>`.
 
+.. _install-debian-stretch:
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Debian Stretch
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. note::
+
+    This guide is only for Debian Stretch users, these instructions won't work with
+    Raspbian Stretch. Raspbian Buster is the only version of Raspbian supported by Red.
+
+We recommend installing pyenv as a method of installing non-native versions of python on
+Debian Stretch. This guide will tell you how. First, run the following commands:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+    sudo echo "deb http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-backports main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/red-sources.list
+    sudo apt update
+    sudo apt -y install make build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev \
+      libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev \
+      libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev libgdbm-dev uuid-dev python3-openssl git openjdk-11-jre
+    CXX=/usr/bin/g++
+
+Complete the rest of the installation by `installing Python 3.8 with pyenv <install-python-pyenv>`.
+
 .. _install-debian:
 .. _install-raspbian:
 
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Debian and Raspbian
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Debian and Raspbian Buster
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 We recommend installing pyenv as a method of installing non-native versions of python on
-Debian/Raspbian. This guide will tell you how. First, run the following commands:
+Debian/Raspbian Buster. This guide will tell you how. First, run the following commands:
 
 .. code-block:: none