diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cec4210f..d7a82894 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ OTHER		= AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING DEBUG CRON.sh FILE_ID.DIZ.in \
 		  README SETUP.sh \
 		  TODO UPGRADE aclocal.m4 checkbasic config.h.in configure \
 		  configure.ac \
-		  paths.h.in README.Gentoo
+		  paths.h.in README.Gentoo README.Ubuntu
 TARFILE		= ${PACKAGE}-${VERSION}.tar.bz2
 
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/README.Ubuntu b/README.Ubuntu
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..173fd087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.Ubuntu
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+$Id$
+
+Unlike most distributions, Ubuntu doesn't install programs that may be usefull
+for mbsebbs by default. Before you run ./configure install the following
+packages to make mbsebbs run with most features:
+
+Package		Provides
+--------------	--------------------------------------------------------------
+xinetd		Icoming TCP/IP networking.
+telnetd		Telnet sessions to the bbs.
+arj		ARJ archiver.
+rar		RAR archiver.
+lha		LHArc archiver.
+arc		Arc archiver.
+zoo		ZOO archiver.
+lrzsz		Zmodem, Ymodem file transfers for the bbs.
+
+Install these programs by using 'sudo apt-get install Package'.
+The xinetd package is mandatory!
+
+
+sudo bash /path/to/SETUP.sh
+