diff --git a/README b/README
index abc9f6288a..df5fd49ac2 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Requirements:
 - You need a working development environment that can compile programs.
   On popular Linux distributions, this means having the glibc development
   package(s) installed.
-- To compile MPlayer with X11 support, you need to have the XFree86 development
-  packages installed.
+- To compile MPlayer with X11 support, you need to have the X Window System
+  development packages (like for XFree86 or xorg) installed.
 - For the GUI you need the libpng and GTK 1.2 development packages.