diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst
index 7dfd0ca99..74e0de63a 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_gcm.rst
@@ -50,6 +50,20 @@ can be downloaded in `<https://github.com/01org/intel-ipsec-mb/archive/v0.54.zip
     make
     make install
 
+The library requires NASM to be built. Depending on the library version, it might
+require a minimum NASM version (e.g. v0.54 requires at least NASM 2.14).
+
+NASM is packaged for different OS. However, on some OS the version is too old,
+so a manual installation is required. In that case, NASM can be downloaded from
+`NASM website <https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/?C=M;O=D>`_.
+Once it is downloaded, extract it and follow these steps:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+
 .. note::
 
    Compilation of the Multi-Buffer library is broken when GCC < 5.0, if library <= v0.53.
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
index a2c3a8481..cc64f1243 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/aesni_mb.rst
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ can be downloaded from `<https://github.com/01org/intel-ipsec-mb/archive/v0.54.z
     make
     make install
 
+The library requires NASM to be built. Depending on the library version, it might
+require a minimum NASM version (e.g. v0.54 requires at least NASM 2.14).
+
+NASM is packaged for different OS. However, on some OS the version is too old,
+so a manual installation is required. In that case, NASM can be downloaded from
+`NASM website <https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/?C=M;O=D>`_.
+Once it is downloaded, extract it and follow these steps:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+
 .. note::
 
    Compilation of the Multi-Buffer library is broken when GCC < 5.0, if library <= v0.53.
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/kasumi.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/kasumi.rst
index edbc1c699..09a538f81 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/kasumi.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/kasumi.rst
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ on their system before building DPDK:
     make
     make install
 
+The library requires NASM to be built. Depending on the library version, it might
+require a minimum NASM version (e.g. v0.54 requires at least NASM 2.14).
+
+NASM is packaged for different OS. However, on some OS the version is too old,
+so a manual installation is required. In that case, NASM can be downloaded from
+`NASM website <https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/?C=M;O=D>`_.
+Once it is downloaded, extract it and follow these steps:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+
 .. note::
 
    Compilation of the Multi-Buffer library is broken when GCC < 5.0, if library <= v0.53.
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/snow3g.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/snow3g.rst
index b715b4602..e0cddc2d7 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/snow3g.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/snow3g.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ on their system before building DPDK:
     make
     make install
 
+The library requires NASM to be built. Depending on the library version, it might
+require a minimum NASM version (e.g. v0.54 requires at least NASM 2.14).
+
+NASM is packaged for different OS. However, on some OS the version is too old,
+so a manual installation is required. In that case, NASM can be downloaded from
+`NASM website <https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/?C=M;O=D>`_.
+Once it is downloaded, extract it and follow these steps:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+
 .. note::
 
    Compilation of the Multi-Buffer library is broken when GCC < 5.0, if library <= v0.53.
diff --git a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/zuc.rst b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/zuc.rst
index c384f3d9e..9b51ba141 100644
--- a/doc/guides/cryptodevs/zuc.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/cryptodevs/zuc.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,20 @@ on their system before building DPDK:
     make
     make install
 
+The library requires NASM to be built. Depending on the library version, it might
+require a minimum NASM version (e.g. v0.54 requires at least NASM 2.14).
+
+NASM is packaged for different OS. However, on some OS the version is too old,
+so a manual installation is required. In that case, NASM can be downloaded from
+`NASM website <https://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/?C=M;O=D>`_.
+Once it is downloaded, extract it and follow these steps:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+
 .. note::
 
    Compilation of the Multi-Buffer library is broken when GCC < 5.0, if library <= v0.53.
