diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Globalization/GlobalizationMode.Unix.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Globalization/GlobalizationMode.Unix.cs
index 7d91ed4713a1fa70da4adb1a97ab010fdc839354..0149463c6aa0eba2c97b758a0e0dee097f17bf29 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Globalization/GlobalizationMode.Unix.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Globalization/GlobalizationMode.Unix.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ private static bool GetGlobalizationInvariantMode()
                     int loaded = Interop.Globalization.LoadICU();
                     if (loaded == 0 && !OperatingSystem.IsBrowser())
                     {
+                        // This can't go into resources, because a resource lookup requires globalization, which requires ICU
                         string message = "Couldn't find a valid ICU package installed on the system. " +
-                                        "Set the configuration flag System.Globalization.Invariant to true if you want to run with no globalization support.";
+                                         "Please install libicu using your package manager and try again. " +
+                                         "Alternatively you can set the configuration flag System.Globalization.Invariant to true if you want to run with no globalization support. " +
+                                         "Please see https://aka.ms/dotnet-missing-libicu for more information.";
                         Environment.FailFast(message);
                     }