diff --git a/extras/vba.py b/extras/vba.py
index f85f838b4..f01db5c64 100644
--- a/extras/vba.py
+++ b/extras/vba.py
@@ -6,13 +6,15 @@ vba-clojure (but really it's jython/python/jvm)
 This is jython, not python. Use jython to run this file. Before running this
 file, some of the dependencies need to be constructed. These can be obtained
 from the vba-clojure project.
-    sudo apt-get install g++ libtool openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jdk libsdl1.2-dev ant jython
+    sudo apt-get install g++ libtool openjdk-6-jre openjdk-6-jdk libsdl1.2-dev mercurial ant autoconf jython
 
     export JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/include/
     export JAVA_INCLUDE_PATH2=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64/include/
 
     hg clone http://hg.bortreb.com/vba-clojure
-    cd vba-clojure/java/
+    cd vba-clojure/
+    ./dl-libs.sh
+    cd java/
     ant all
     cd ..
     autoreconf -i