diff --git a/wine/README b/wine/README
index b1ed80be4..6db7403cd 100644
--- a/wine/README
+++ b/wine/README
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ README for wine 0.9.1+
 
 REQUIREMENTS
 
+Wine requires compat-32 ports to be enabled, as wine builds for
+32bit and 64bit.
+
 
 PRE-INSTALL