diff --git a/package/linux/MultiMC b/package/linux/MultiMC
index a2ef0c81..8229b24f 100755
--- a/package/linux/MultiMC
+++ b/package/linux/MultiMC
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/sh
 # Basic start script for running MultiMC with the libs packaged with it.
 
 MMC_DIR=`dirname "$0"`
@@ -10,9 +10,24 @@ export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${MMC_DIR}/bin":$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
 export QT_PLUGIN_PATH="${MMC_DIR}/plugins"
 export QT_FONTPATH="${MMC_DIR}/fonts"
 
-# Just to be sure...
-chmod +x "${MMC_DIR}/bin/MultiMC"
+# Detect missing dependencies...
+DEPS_LIST=`ldd "${MMC_DIR}"/plugins/*/*.so | grep "not found" | awk -vORS=", " '{ print $1 }'`
+if [ -z $DEPS_LIST ]; then
+	# We have all our dependencies. Run MultiMC.
+	echo "No missing dependencies found."
 
-# run MultiMC
-"${MMC_DIR}/bin/MultiMC" -d "${MMC_DIR}" $@
+	# Just to be sure...
+	chmod +x "${MMC_DIR}/bin/MultiMC"
+
+	# Run MultiMC
+	"${MMC_DIR}/bin/MultiMC" -d "${MMC_DIR}" $@
+
+	# Exit with MultiMC's exit code.
+	exit $?
+else
+	echo "Error: MultiMC is missing the following libraries that it needs to work correctly:"
+	echo "\t${DEPS_LIST}"
+	echo "Please install them from your distribution's package manager."
+	exit 1
+fi