diff -r 8c9c8f6b92c2 setup.rst
--- a/setup.rst	Wed Jan 25 03:56:11 2012 -0500
+++ b/setup.rst	Mon Feb 06 22:32:50 2012 +0200
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
 Otherwise the build failed and thus should be fixed (at least with a bug being
 filed on the `issue tracker`_).
 
+.. note:: If you are using recent versions of Debian/Ubuntu, ensure that you
+   have **dpkg-dev** installed. This will help **setup.py** detect and link
+   against libraries which have multi-arch enabled.
+
 .. _python.exe:
 
 Once CPython is done building you will then have a working build