diff --git a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/scripts/make_nvidia_udev.py b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/scripts/make_nvidia_udev.py
index 1ce12e00f9..bdd48d6349 100755
--- a/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/scripts/make_nvidia_udev.py
+++ b/packages/x11/driver/xf86-video-nvidia/scripts/make_nvidia_udev.py
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import os, sys
-import requests
+
+try:
+  import requests
+except:
+  print('requests module not installed.\n\nOn Ubuntu, use "sudo apt install python3-requests"')
+  sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
   from lxml import html