--- EV/Makefile.PL	2007/10/26 16:50:05	1.2
+++ EV/Makefile.PL	2007/10/26 17:40:31	1.3
@@ -1,5 +1,17 @@
 use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
 
+print <<EOF;
+
+***
+*** You need to install libevent (http://monkey.org/~provos/libevent/) separately
+*** first in a way so that the Makefile.PL can find both -levent and the event.h
+*** and evdns.h include files.
+*** 
+*** Version 1.3e or higher is recommended, but older versions likely work too.
+*** 
+
+EOF
+
 WriteMakefile(
     dist	=> {
 	            PREOP	=> 'pod2text EV.pm | tee README >$(DISTVNAME)/README; chmod -R u=rwX,go=rX . ;',