diff --git a/bin/anvi-draw-kegg-pathways b/bin/anvi-draw-kegg-pathways
index f6a82f065..445b3d961 100755
--- a/bin/anvi-draw-kegg-pathways
+++ b/bin/anvi-draw-kegg-pathways
@@ -383,4 +383,12 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     except FilesNPathsError as e:
         print(e)
         sys.exit(-1)
-
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(
+            "Have you installed the necessary Python package requirements for "
+            "`anvi-draw-kegg-pathways`? This might be the cause of the error that was encountered, "
+            "reported below. Run the following command in your terminal and then try rerunning the "
+            "program:\npip install biopython ReportLab pymupdf frontend\n"
+        )
+        print(e)
+        sys.exit(-1)