diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9da63db3..78290b25 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ OTHER		= AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING DEBUG CRON.sh FILE_ID.DIZ.in \
 		  INSTALL.in Makefile Makefile.global.in NEWS cpuflags \
 		  ChangeLog_1998 ChangeLog_1999 ChangeLog_2000 ChangeLog_2001 \
 		  ChangeLog_2002 ChangeLog_2003 README SETUP.sh TODO UPGRADE \
-		  aclocal.m4 checkbasic config.h.in configure configure.in paths.h.in
+		  aclocal.m4 checkbasic config.h.in configure configure.in \
+		  paths.h.in README.Gentoo
 TARFILE		= ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/README.Gentoo b/README.Gentoo
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b001a4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.Gentoo
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+$Id$
+
+Unlike most distributions, Gentoo doesn't install programs that may be usefull
+for mbsebbs by default. Before you run ./configure emerge the following
+programs to make mbsebbs run with features:
+
+zip (includes unzip),
+