diff --git a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
index 9d06a0d21a..ab7f4a42f1 100755
--- a/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
+++ b/support/dependencies/dependencies.sh
@@ -135,7 +135,13 @@ for prog in patch perl tar wget cpio python unzip rsync ${DL_TOOLS} ; do
     if ! which $prog > /dev/null ; then
 	/bin/echo -e "You must install '$prog' on your build machine";
 	if test $prog = "svn" ; then
-	    /bin/echo -e "svn is usually part of the subversion package in your distribution"
+	    /bin/echo -e "  svn is usually part of the subversion package in your distribution"
+	elif test $prog = "hg" ; then
+            /bin/echo -e "  hg is usually part of the mercurial package in your distribution"
+	elif test $prog = "zcat" ; then
+            /bin/echo -e "  zcat is usually part of the gzip package in your distribution"
+	elif test $prog = "bzcat" ; then
+            /bin/echo -e "  bzcat is usually part of the bzip2 package in your distribution"
 	fi
 	exit 1;
     fi