diff --git a/README b/README
index 94166855..987ee5ae 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ In order to build awesome itself, you need header files and libs of:
   - Lua 5.1
   - cairo
   - pango and pangocairo
+  - libev
   - glib
-  - GTK+ or Imlib2 (use --with-imlib2 with ./configure)
+  - GdkPixBuf or Imlib2 (use --with-imlib2 with ./configure)
   - dbus (optional, use --with-dbus=no with ./configure to disable)
 
 In order to build the awesome man pages, you need these tools: