diff --git a/doc/Limitations.txt b/doc/Limitations.txt
index 72dd0732732b72096ae76982aeb851828f30b4cc..675d6c35f9e3b9c802d5114a564d7d096e9050e8 100644
--- a/doc/Limitations.txt
+++ b/doc/Limitations.txt
@@ -49,3 +49,9 @@ This is a glibc limitation - it could be lifted but would require
 the dlmopen libc call (and the linker) to be modified.
 
 ============================================================================
+
+If you are using Mesa before v 17.x you will need to use `patchelf' v0.9
+or later to add a DT_NEEDED entry for libglapi.so.0 to your dri.so drivers
+in order for the libGL capsule to be able to work.
+
+============================================================================