diff --git a/quicksetup.py b/quicksetup.py
index dafa549..1a0fd6a 100644
--- a/quicksetup.py
+++ b/quicksetup.py
@@ -106,11 +106,23 @@ elif platform.system() == "Darwin":
     print "installing pyobjc"
     pip_install("pyobjc")
 
-    print "for Mac OS X, use homebrew or macports to install pyqt4:"
-    print "  brew install cartr/qt4/pyqt"
-    print "  sudo port install py27-pyqt4"
+    try:
+        import Tkinter
+        print "for Mac OS X, use homebrew or macports to install pyqt4."
+        print "  brew install cartr/qt4/pyqt"
+        print "  sudo port install py27-pyqt4"
+    except: # mac doesn't have tkinter
+        print "for Mac OS X, use homebrew or macports to install tkinter and pyqt4."
+        print "Homebrew:"
+        print "  brew uninstall python"
+        print "  brew install tk"
+        print "  brew install python --with-tcl-tk"
+        print "  brew install cartr/qt4/pyqt"
+        print "MacPorts:"
+        print "  sudo port install py27-tkinter -x11 +quartz"
+        print "  sudo port install py27-pyqt4"
 
 elif platform.system() == "Linux":
-    print "you need to install PyQt4 on your linux distro after this"
+    print "you need to install PyQt4 and tkinter on your linux distro after this"
 
 print "done"