diff --git a/doc/tips/megaannex.mdwn b/doc/tips/megaannex.mdwn
index 96f6f8a522..b375d5f055 100644
--- a/doc/tips/megaannex.mdwn
+++ b/doc/tips/megaannex.mdwn
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ is a hook program for git-annex to use mega.co.nz as backend
 
 # Requirements:
 
+    python2
     requests>=0.10
     pycrypto