diff --git a/test/pacman/README b/test/pacman/README
index b6189d22..958ff287 100644
--- a/test/pacman/README
+++ b/test/pacman/README
@@ -63,6 +63,14 @@ Note: several "--test" options can be passed to pactest.
 Use the "help" option to get the full list of parameters:
 	./pactest.py --help
 
+The following pieces of software are required to run the pactest suite:
+
+fakeroot (required to run as non-root user)
+http://fakeroot.alioth.debian.org
+
+fakechroot
+http://fakechroot.alioth.debian.org
+
 
 Parameters
 ==========