diff --git a/README b/README
index 09a1bcf6c..54f9b2364 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ python2.4 (python2.3 should work too)
 pygtk2.5 or higher (NOTE: pygtk2.5 is devel so pygtk2.6 in case of problems)
 python-libglade
 
+some distros also split too much python standard library.
+I know SUSE does. In such distros you also need python-xml
+the xml lib that *comes* with python and not pyxml or whatever
+
 =COMPILE-TIME REQUIREMENTS=
 python-dev
 python-gtk2-dev