diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ to speak). See ii-doc.txt for the protocol documentation.
 The tii suite requires at least Tcl 8.6 to run. Running it inside starpacks is
 possible but not recommended.
 
+It also depends upon SQlite 3.44 and above (3.47 recommended) with the proper
+Tcl extension enabled for it..
+
 The tii distribution consists of the following parts:
 
 * tiifetch.tcl: the core ii/IDEC message fetching library and CLI utility