diff --git a/packaging/gentoo/current_stable_and_testing.ebuild b/packaging/gentoo/current_stable_and_testing.ebuild
index d4dbba57..7a27feb0 100644
--- a/packaging/gentoo/current_stable_and_testing.ebuild
+++ b/packaging/gentoo/current_stable_and_testing.ebuild
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ RDEPEND="
     dev-python/pygtk
     graph? ( dev-python/numpy
         dev-python/matplotlib[gtk] )
-    dev-python/python-xlib"
+    dev-python/python-xlib
+    dev-python/pytz"
 DEPEND="${RDEPEND}"
 
 src_install() {
diff --git a/packaging/gentoo/readme.txt b/packaging/gentoo/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66d3b452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packaging/gentoo/readme.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+To use the ebuild please simply copy it into your local portage tree and rename it to fpdb-version.ebuild, for example fpdb-0.20.1.ebuild or fpdb-0.20.902.ebuild.
+Here's a little howto on how to utilise 3rd party ebuilds such as this one: http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Installing_3rd_Party_Ebuilds