diff --git a/docs/Software_installation.md b/docs/Software_installation.md
index 9578aa7d03488f6a71ae716803a8bc497af86030..38f45515c01bdb4712512316822df879d135f083 100644
--- a/docs/Software_installation.md
+++ b/docs/Software_installation.md
@@ -138,4 +138,5 @@ cd /home/u035/project/software/install
 git clone https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter.git
 cd XlsxWriter
 /home/u035/project/software/bcbio/anaconda/bin/python3 setup.py install --prefix /home/u035/project/software
+rsync -av xlsxwriter ../../lib/python3.6/site-packages
 ```