diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cc6db596..18e5724d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ Then, you can install pip requirements in your virtualenv:
     
 ([osx|win] depends, of course, on your platform. On other platforms, just use requirements.txt).
 
+**Temporary problem:** The author of polib, which is a dependency here,
+[hasn't yet uploaded packages to PyPI][polib], which will make the command fail if you use
+pip >= 1.5. You'll have to add `--allow-external polib --allow-unverified polib` to your command.
+This is, hopefully, a temporary situation.
+
 ## Actual building and running
 
 With your virtualenv activated, you can build and run dupeGuru with these commands:
@@ -92,3 +97,4 @@ You can also package dupeGuru into an installable package with:
 [pyqt]: http://www.riverbankcomputing.com
 [cxfreeze]: http://cx-freeze.sourceforge.net/
 [advinst]: http://www.advancedinstaller.com
+[polib]: https://bitbucket.org/izi/polib/issue/42
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index 21c95b93..50c048ed 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ fi
 
 echo "Installing pip requirements"
 if [ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
-    pip install -r requirements-osx.txt
+    pip install -r requirements-osx.txt --allow-external polib --allow-unverified polib
 else
     python3 -c "import PyQt4" >/dev/null 2>&1 || { echo >&2 "PyQt 4.8+ required. Install it and try again. Aborting"; exit 1; }
-    pip install -r requirements.txt
+    pip install -r requirements.txt --allow-external polib --allow-unverified polib
 fi
 
 echo "Bootstrapping complete! You can now configure, build and run dupeGuru with:"