diff --git a/docs/doxygen/overviews/install.md b/docs/doxygen/overviews/install.md
index 886a4e9022..b6ba45dd07 100644
--- a/docs/doxygen/overviews/install.md
+++ b/docs/doxygen/overviews/install.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ about using [vcpkg][] C++ package manager for installing wxWidgets.
 Building from Source
 --------------------
 
-### Getting the sources
+### Getting the sources                {#install_get_sources}
 
 To build the library you need to get its sources first. The recommended way to
 do it is to use Git to check them out from the official wxWidgets repository
diff --git a/docs/gtk/install.md b/docs/gtk/install.md
index 5900e3a5ff..4e96a10591 100644
--- a/docs/gtk/install.md
+++ b/docs/gtk/install.md
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ The simplest case                      {#gtk_simple}
 -------------------
 
 If you compile wxWidgets on Linux for the first time and don't like to read
-install instructions just do the following in wxWidgets directory:
+install instructions just [get the sources](@ref install_get_sources) and do
+the following in wxWidgets directory:
 
     $ mkdir buildgtk
     $ cd buildgtk