diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,3 +3,8 @@
 Clone polybar-scripts into `.config`. Some scripts can be used to check differences with the local copies. Polybar-scripts is not included in the chezmoi repo anymore, only modified copies of selected scripts.
 
 `git clone https://github.com/polybar/polybar-scripts.git ~/.config/`
+
+
+# Dependencies
+
+Install dependencies by executing the script contained in this repository.
diff --git a/dot_dotfiles/scripts/executable_install.chezmoi.dependencies.sh b/dot_dotfiles/scripts/executable_install.chezmoi.dependencies.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b03d287
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dot_dotfiles/scripts/executable_install.chezmoi.dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# install all dependencies of the chezmoi repository
+# especially useful when setting up a new system
+# list is incomplete at the moment
+sudo pacman -Sy pacman-contrib