diff --git a/bin/rip.in b/bin/rip.in
index 6bf16ed..5342e75 100755
--- a/bin/rip.in
+++ b/bin/rip.in
@@ -31,10 +31,15 @@ and assure it doesn't raise an exception.
 
 # now load the main function
 try:
+    from morituri.common import deps
+    from morituri.extern.deps import deps as edeps
+    h = deps.DepsHandler()
+    h.validate()
     from morituri.rip import main
     sys.exit(main.main(sys.argv[1:]))
 except ImportError, e:
-    from morituri.common import deps
-    h = deps.DepsHandler()
     h.handleImportError(e)
     sys.exit(1)
+except edeps.DependencyError:
+    sys.stderr.write('rip: please fix the dependency and try again.\n')
+    sys.exit(1)
diff --git a/morituri/common/deps.py b/morituri/common/deps.py
index ec1062e..e99aa53 100644
--- a/morituri/common/deps.py
+++ b/morituri/common/deps.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class DepsHandler(deps.DepsHandler):
         self.add(GStPython())
         self.add(CDDB())
         self.add(SetupTools())
+        self.add(PyCDIO())
 
     def report(self, summary):
         reporter = os.environ.get('EMAIL_ADDRESS', None)
@@ -55,3 +56,20 @@ class SetupTools(deps.Dependency):
 
     def Fedora_install(self, distro):
         return self.Fedora_yum('python-setuptools')
+
+
+class PyCDIO(deps.Dependency):
+
+    module = 'pycdio'
+    name = "pycdio"
+    homepage = "http://www.gnu.org/software/libcdio/"
+    egg = 'pycdio'
+
+    def Fedora_install(self, distro):
+        return self.Fedora_yum('pycdio')
+
+    def validate(self):
+        version = self.version()
+        if version == '0.18':
+            return '''pycdio 0.18 does not work.
+See http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?38185'''
diff --git a/morituri/extern/python-deps b/morituri/extern/python-deps
index c0888d4..11d0afd 160000
--- a/morituri/extern/python-deps
+++ b/morituri/extern/python-deps
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c0888d4ffc74c8cf341a5f048ce965036a43cc43
+Subproject commit 11d0afd7390d7a05a9335ac829a34d4f967b99a6
diff --git a/morituri/rip/main.py b/morituri/rip/main.py
index 09ace6b..e27b69b 100644
--- a/morituri/rip/main.py
+++ b/morituri/rip/main.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def main(argv):
 
     from morituri.common import deps
     h = deps.DepsHandler()
+    h.validate()
 
     c = Rip()
     try: