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diff --git a/README b/README
index ebd76bdb2..9aab80f1c 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
     - liburcu
       Userspace RCU library, by Mathieu Desnoyers and Paul E. McKenney
 
-      -> Tested with liburcu >= v0.6.6
+      -> Tested with liburcu >= v0.7.2
 
       * Debian/Ubuntu package: liburcu-dev
       * Git : git://git.lttng.org/userspace-rcu.git
@@ -28,8 +28,16 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
 
       * Debian/Ubuntu package: libpopt-dev
 
+    - Perl (optional)
+      Needed for make check and tests.
+
+    - Python >= 3.0 (optional)
+      Needed for make check and tests.
+
+      * Debian/Ubuntu package: python3
+
     - SWIG >= 2.0 (optional)
-      Needed for Python bindings
+      Needed for Python bindings (--enable-python-bindings).
 
       * Debian/Ubuntu package: swig2.0
 
@@ -53,20 +61,25 @@ compile the git repository tree :
   (make sure your system wide "automake" points to a recent version!)
 - GNU Libtool >=2.2
   (for more information, go to http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/)
-- GNU Gold >= 2.22
-  (Before this version we hit a known bug documented at:
-  http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317)
 - flex >= 2.5.35
 - bison >= 2.4
 
+If you use GNU gold, which is NOT mandatory, make sure you have this version:
+- GNU gold >= 2.22
+(Before this version we hit a known bug documented at:
+ http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11317)
+Be advise that with GNU gold, you'll might have to specify -L/usr/local/lib in
+LDFLAGS.
+
 If you get the tree from the repository, you will need to use the "bootstrap"
-script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare the
-tree configuration.
+script in the root of the tree. It calls all the GNU tools needed to prepare
+the tree configuration.
 
 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
 
   - Download, compile and install the prerequisites.
   Then:
+  $ ./boostrap
   $ ./configure
   $ make
   $ sudo make install