diff --git a/collects/scribblings/draw/draw.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/draw/draw.scrbl
index ebd13ab02b..671a94da5e 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/draw/draw.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/draw/draw.scrbl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ interface, and procedure bindings defined in this manual.}
 @include-section["svg-dc-class.scrbl"]
 @include-section["draw-funcs.scrbl"]
 @include-section["draw-unit.scrbl"]
+@include-section["libs.scrbl"]
 
 @;------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/draw/libs.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/draw/libs.scrbl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..655b996029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/scribblings/draw/libs.scrbl
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#lang scribble/doc
+@(require "common.ss")
+
+@title[#:tag "libs"]{Platform Dependencies}
+
+Under Windows and Mac OS X, the Racket distribution includes all
+necessary libraries that are not part of a stock installation of the
+operating system, and the libraries are included in any distribution
+created with @exec{raco distribute} (see @secref[#:doc '(lib
+"scribblings/raco/raco.scrbl") "exe-dist"]).
+
+Under Unix, the following system libraries must be installed. Numbers
+in square brackets indicate a version that is tried first, and if that
+fails, the name without the version is tried.
+
+@itemlist[
+ @item{@filepath{libglib-2.0[.0]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libgmodule-2.0[.0]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libgobject-2.0[.0]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libpango-1.0[.0]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libpangocairo-1.0[.0]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libcairo[.2]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libjpeg[.62]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libpng12[.0]} or @filepath{libpng}}
+]
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/gui.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/gui.scrbl
index 177cb15986..fc168cbecf 100644
--- a/collects/scribblings/gui/gui.scrbl
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/gui.scrbl
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Both parts of the toolbox rely extensively on the
 @include-section["prefs.scrbl"]
 @include-section["dynamic.scrbl"]
 @include-section["startup.scrbl"]
+@include-section["libs.scrbl"]
 
 @;------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/collects/scribblings/gui/libs.scrbl b/collects/scribblings/gui/libs.scrbl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cbe730a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collects/scribblings/gui/libs.scrbl
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#lang scribble/doc
+@(require "common.ss")
+
+@(define draw-doc '(lib "scribblings/draw/draw.scrbl"))
+
+@title[#:tag "libs"]{Platform Dependencies}
+
+See @secref[#:doc draw-doc "libs"] in @other-manual[draw-doc] for
+information on platform library dependencies for
+@racketmodname[racket/draw]. Under Unix, the following additional
+system libraries must be installed for @racketmodname[racket/gui/base]:
+
+@itemlist[
+ @item{@filepath{libgdk-x11-2.0[.0]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libgdk_pixbuf-2.0[.0]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libgtk-x11-2.0[.0]}}
+ @item{@filepath{libgdkglext-x11-1.0[.0]} --- optional, for OpenGL support}
+ @item{@filepath{libgtkglext-x11-1.0[.0]} --- optional, for OpenGL support}
+ @item{@filepath{libunique-1.0[.0]} --- optional, for single-instance support}
+]