diff --git a/README b/README
index 61dd4b5..d075bbf 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ commit-patch - commit patches to CVS, Darcs or Mercurial repositories
 PREREQUISITES
 	   commit-patch relies on several programs to get the job done:
 
+          perl      - <http://www.perl.org>
 	      patch     - <http://www.gnu.org/software/patch/>
 	      interdiff - <http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/patchutils/>
 	      cp        - Ideally installed on your system already. :-)