diff --git a/get-peasoup-packages.sh b/get-peasoup-packages.sh
index bc602dc07f792ce39e7a53876c636b780c450284..499700f8260610a5fb0f5e7f704c69d004182dbe 100755
--- a/get-peasoup-packages.sh
+++ b/get-peasoup-packages.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+#
+# in case your OS doesn't support i386 packages.
+#
+#dpkg --add-architecture i386
+#sudo apt-get update
+
 # Needed to build PEASOUP components
 BASE_PKGS="
   scons