diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90d074347..ada212513 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -46,12 +46,24 @@ On Debian/Ubuntu they can be installed with
 
 ```
 $ apt-get install libgstreamer1.0-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base1.0-dev \
-      libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev \
       gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-plugins-good \
       gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly \
       gstreamer1.0-libav
 ```
 
+The minimum required version of the above libraries is >= 1.8. If you
+build the gstreamer-player sub-crate, or any of the examples that
+depend on gstreamer-player, you must ensure that in addition to the
+above packages, `libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev` is installed and
+that the version is >= 1.12. See the `Cargo.toml` files for the full
+details,
+
+```
+# Only if you wish to install gstreamer-player, make sure the version
+# of this package is >= 1.12.
+$ apt-get install libgstreamer-plugins-bad1.0-dev
+```
+
 Package names on other distributions should be similar.
 Please submit a pull request with instructions for yours.
 
@@ -70,6 +82,10 @@ $ brew install gstreamer gst-plugins-base gst-plugins-good \
       gst-plugins-bad gst-plugins-ugly gst-libav
 ```
 
+If you wish to install the gstreamer-player sub-crate, make sure the
+version of these libraries is >= 1.12. Otherwise, a version >= 1.8 is
+sufficient.
+
 #### GStreamer Binaries
 
 You need to download the *two* `.pkg` files from the GStreamer website and
@@ -100,6 +116,10 @@ $ pacman -S pkg-config mingw-w64-x86_64-gstreamer mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-b
       mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-plugins-ugly mingw-w64-x86_64-gst-libav
 ```
 
+If you wish to install the gstreamer-player sub-crate, make sure the
+version of these libraries is >= 1.12. Otherwise, a version >= 1.8 is
+sufficient.
+
 #### GStreamer Binaries
 
 You need to download the *two* `.msi` files for your platform from the