diff --git a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/README b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/README
index 41c13a715fa9b0ba296485b1ce2db1e14092dd5e..ba3f419ba09e1bc170692d6a6ec40b56318f5a2a 100644
--- a/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/README
+++ b/linux-ramdump-parser-v2/README
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ linux-parser-output.txt is used
 The list of features parsed is constantly growing. Please use --help option
 to see the full list of features that can be parsed.
 
+System requirements
+-------------------------------
+Python 2.7 is required to run this tool. It can be downloaded and
+installed from https://www.python.org/ or through your system's
+software package manager.
+
 Setting up the toolchains
 -------------------------------
 The parser relies on having access to gdb and nm to work. You will need to