diff --git a/src/nimble.nim b/src/nimble.nim
index a4d3bdb..e108070 100644
--- a/src/nimble.nim
+++ b/src/nimble.nim
@@ -939,6 +939,10 @@ proc doAction(options: Options) =
     let (_, pkgInfo) = install(options.action.packages, options)
     if options.action.packages.len == 0:
       nimScriptHint(pkgInfo)
+    if pkgInfo.foreignDeps.len > 0:
+      echo("To finish the installation, run: ")
+      for i in 0..<pkgInfo.foreignDeps.len:
+        echo(pkgInfo.foreignDeps[i])
   of actionUninstall:
     uninstall(options)
   of actionSearch:
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/common.nim b/src/nimblepkg/common.nim
index c0b2aac..981ee02 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/common.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/common.nim
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ when not defined(nimscript):
       binDir*: string
       srcDir*: string
       backend*: string
+      foreignDeps*: seq[string]
 
 const
   nimbleVersion* = "0.7.11"
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/distros.nim b/src/nimblepkg/distros.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ce30c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/distros.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright (C) Dominik Picheta. All rights reserved.
+# BSD License. Look at license.txt for more info.
+
+## This module is implicitly imported in NimScript .nimble files.
+
+from strutils import contains
+
+type
+  Distribution* {.pure.} = enum ## an enum so that the poor programmer
+                                ## cannot introduce typos
+    Windows, ## some version of Windows
+    Posix,   ## some Posix system
+    MacOSX,  ## some version of OSX
+    Linux,   ## some version of Linux
+    Ubuntu,
+    Gentoo,
+    Fedora,
+    RedHat,
+    BSD,
+    FreeBSD,
+    OpenBSD
+
+proc detectOsImpl(d: Distribution): bool =
+  case d
+  of Distribution.Windows: ## some version of Windows
+    result = defined(windows)
+  of Distribution.Posix: result = defined(posix)
+  of Distribution.MacOSX: result = defined(macosx)
+  of Distribution.Linux: result = defined(linux)
+  of Distribution.Ubuntu, Distribution.Gentoo, Distribution.FreeBSD,
+     Distribution.OpenBSD, Distribution.Fedora:
+    result = ("-" & $d & " ") in gorge"uname -a"
+  of Distribution.RedHat:
+    result = "Red Hat" in gorge"uname -a"
+  of Distribution.BSD: result = defined(bsd)
+
+template detectOs*(d: untyped): bool =
+  detectOsImpl(Distribution.d)
+
+proc foreignCmd*(cmd: string; requiresSudo=false) =
+  nimscriptapi.foreignDeps.add((if requiresSudo: "sudo " else: "") & cmd)
+
+proc foreignDep*(foreignPackageName: string) =
+  let p = foreignPackageName
+  when defined(windows):
+    foreignCmd "Chocolatey install " & p
+  elif defined(bsd):
+    foreignCmd "ports install " & p, true
+  elif defined(linux):
+    if detectOs(Ubuntu):
+      foreignCmd "apt-get install " & p, true
+    elif detectOs(Gentoo):
+      foreignCmd "emerge install " & p, true
+    elif detectOs(Fedora):
+      foreignCmd "yum install " & p, true
+    elif detectOs(RedHat):
+      foreignCmd "rpm install " & p, true
+  else:
+    discard
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
index d9b36cc..b711851 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ var
     installExt*, bin*: seq[string] = @[] ## Nimble metadata.
   requiresData*: seq[string] = @[] ## The package's dependencies.
 
+  foreignDeps*: seq[string] = @[] ## The foreign dependencies. Only
+                                  ## exported for 'distros.nim'.
+
 proc requires*(deps: varargs[string]) =
   ## Call this to set the list of requirements of your Nimble
   ## package.
@@ -42,58 +45,3 @@ proc getPkgDir*(): string =
   ## Returns the package directory containing the .nimble file currently
   ## being evaluated.
   builtin
-
-from strutils import contains
-
-type
-  Distribution* {.pure.} = enum ## an enum so that the poor programmer
-                                ## cannot introduce typos
-    Windows, ## some version of Windows
-    Posix,   ## some Posix system
-    MacOSX,  ## some version of OSX
-    Linux,   ## some version of Linux
-    Ubuntu,
-    Gentoo,
-    Fedora,
-    RedHat,
-    BSD,
-    FreeBSD,
-    OpenBSD
-
-proc detectOsImpl(d: Distribution): bool =
-  case d
-  of Distribution.Windows: ## some version of Windows
-    result = defined(windows)
-  of Distribution.Posix: result = defined(posix)
-  of Distribution.MacOSX: result = defined(macosx)
-  of Distribution.Linux: result = defined(linux)
-  of Distribution.Ubuntu, Distribution.Gentoo, Distribution.FreeBSD,
-     Distribution.OpenBSD, Distribution.Fedora:
-    result = $d in gorge"uname"
-  of Distribution.RedHat:
-    result = "Red Hat" in gorge"uname"
-  of Distribution.BSD: result = defined(bsd)
-
-template detectOs*(d: untyped): bool =
-  detectOsImpl(Distribution.d)
-
-var foreignDeps: seq[string] = @[]
-
-proc foreignCmd*(cmd: string; requiresSudo=false) =
-  foreignDeps.add((if requiresSudo: "sudo " else: "") & cmd)
-
-proc foreignDep*(foreignPackageName: string) =
-  let p = foreignPackageName
-  when defined(windows):
-    foreignCmd "Chocolatey install " & p
-  elif defined(bsd):
-    foreignCmd "ports install " & p, true
-  elif defined(linux):
-    if detectOs(Ubuntu):
-      foreignCmd "apt-get install " & p, true
-    elif detectOs(Gentoo):
-      foreignCmd "emerge install " & p, true
-    elif detectOs(Fedora):
-      foreignCmd "yum install " & p, true
-  else:
-    discard
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptsupport.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptsupport.nim
index 6e5eec2..46847ea 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptsupport.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptsupport.nim
@@ -200,13 +200,21 @@ proc findNimscriptApi(options: Options): string =
 
 proc getNimPrefixDir(): string = splitPath(findExe("nim")).head.parentDir
 
+when declared(ModuleGraph):
+  var graph: ModuleGraph
+
 proc execScript(scriptName: string, flags: StringTableRef,
                 options: Options): PSym =
   ## Executes the specified script. Returns the script's module symbol.
   ##
   ## No clean up is performed and must be done manually!
-  if "nimblepkg/nimscriptapi" notin compiler_options.implicitIncludes:
-    compiler_options.implicitIncludes.add("nimblepkg/nimscriptapi")
+  when declared(resetAllModulesHard):
+    # for compatibility with older Nim versions:
+    if "nimblepkg/nimscriptapi" notin compiler_options.implicitIncludes:
+      compiler_options.implicitIncludes.add("nimblepkg/nimscriptapi")
+  else:
+    if "nimblepkg/nimscriptapi" notin compiler_options.implicitImports:
+      compiler_options.implicitImports.add("nimblepkg/nimscriptapi")
 
   # Ensure the compiler can find its standard library #220.
   compiler_options.gPrefixDir = getNimPrefixDir()
@@ -241,7 +249,7 @@ proc execScript(scriptName: string, flags: StringTableRef,
   when declared(resetAllModulesHard):
     result = makeModule(scriptName)
   else:
-    let graph = newModuleGraph()
+    graph = newModuleGraph()
     result = graph.makeModule(scriptName)
 
   incl(result.flags, sfMainModule)
@@ -301,24 +309,35 @@ proc readPackageInfoFromNims*(scriptName: string, options: Options,
   # Execute the nimscript file.
   let thisModule = execScript(scriptName, nil, options)
 
+  when declared(resetAllModulesHard):
+    let apiModule = thisModule
+  else:
+    var apiModule: PSym
+    for i in 0..<graph.modules.len:
+      if graph.modules[i] != nil and
+          graph.modules[i].name.s == "nimscriptapi":
+        apiModule = graph.modules[i]
+        break
+    doAssert apiModule != nil
+
   # Check whether an error has occurred.
   if msgs.gErrorCounter > 0:
     raise newException(NimbleError, previousMsg)
 
   # Extract all the necessary fields populated by the nimscript file.
-  proc getSym(thisModule: PSym, ident: string): PSym =
-    result = thisModule.tab.strTableGet(getIdent(ident))
+  proc getSym(apiModule: PSym, ident: string): PSym =
+    result = apiModule.tab.strTableGet(getIdent(ident))
     if result.isNil:
       raise newException(NimbleError, "Ident not found: " & ident)
 
   template trivialField(field) =
-    result.field = getGlobal(getSym(thisModule, astToStr field))
+    result.field = getGlobal(getSym(apiModule, astToStr field))
 
   template trivialFieldSeq(field) =
-    result.field.add getGlobalAsSeq(getSym(thisModule, astToStr field))
+    result.field.add getGlobalAsSeq(getSym(apiModule, astToStr field))
 
   # keep reasonable default:
-  let name = getGlobal(thisModule.tab.strTableGet(getIdent"packageName"))
+  let name = getGlobal(apiModule.tab.strTableGet(getIdent"packageName"))
   if name.len > 0: result.name = name
 
   trivialField version
@@ -333,14 +352,15 @@ proc readPackageInfoFromNims*(scriptName: string, options: Options,
   trivialFieldSeq installDirs
   trivialFieldSeq installFiles
   trivialFieldSeq installExt
+  trivialFieldSeq foreignDeps
 
-  extractRequires(getSym(thisModule, "requiresData"), result.requires)
+  extractRequires(getSym(apiModule, "requiresData"), result.requires)
 
-  let binSeq = getGlobalAsSeq(getSym(thisModule, "bin"))
+  let binSeq = getGlobalAsSeq(getSym(apiModule, "bin"))
   for i in binSeq:
     result.bin.add(i.addFileExt(ExeExt))
 
-  let backend = getGlobal(getSym(thisModule, "backend"))
+  let backend = getGlobal(getSym(apiModule, "backend"))
   if backend.len == 0:
     result.backend = "c"
   elif cmpIgnoreStyle(backend, "javascript") == 0:
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/packageinfo.nim b/src/nimblepkg/packageinfo.nim
index c4e5498..bf2802f 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/packageinfo.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/packageinfo.nim
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ proc initPackageInfo*(path: string): PackageInfo =
   result.installFiles = @[]
   result.installExt = @[]
   result.requires = @[]
+  result.foreignDeps = @[]
   result.bin = @[]
   result.srcDir = ""
   result.binDir = ""