diff --git a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
index be10a537..ec664692 100644
--- a/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
+++ b/scripts/makepkg.sh.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 # makepkg uses quite a few external programs during its execution. You
 # need to have at least the following installed for makepkg to function:
-#   bsdtar (libarchive), bzip2, coreutils, fakeroot, find (findutils),
+#   bsdtar (libarchive), bzip2, coreutils, fakeroot, file, find (findutils),
 #   gettext, grep, gzip, openssl, sed, tput (ncurses), xz
 
 # gettext initialization