diff --git a/multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile b/multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile
index 4e91dd597d73..b54852ae90eb 100644
--- a/multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/quodlibet/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 PORTNAME=	quodlibet
 DISTVERSION=	4.7.1
 CATEGORIES=	multimedia audio python
 MASTER_SITES=	https://github.com/${PORTNAME}/${PORTNAME}/releases/download/release-${DISTVERSION}/
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
 MAINTAINER=	aly@aaronly.me
 COMMENT=	Music library/editor/player written in Python
 WWW=		https://quodlibet.readthedocs.org/
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/COPYING
 
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PY_SETUPTOOLS} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}wheel>0:devel/py-wheel@${PY_FLAVOR}
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pycairo>=1.19:graphics/py-pycairo@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}dbus>0:devel/py-dbus@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}feedparser>=6.0.11:textproc/py-feedparser@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mutagen>=1.45:audio/py-mutagen@${PY_FLAVOR} \
-		${LOCALBASE}/libexec/notification-daemon:deskutils/notification-daemon
+		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}mutagen>=1.45:audio/py-mutagen@${PY_FLAVOR}
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libsoup-2.4.so:devel/libsoup
 
 USES=		desktop-file-utils gettext gnome gstreamer python shebangfix
 SHEBANG_FILES=	exfalso.py operon.py quodlibet.py quodlibet/packages/update.sh
+SUB_FILES=	pkg-message
 USE_PYTHON=	autoplist pep517
 USE_GNOME=	gtk30 pygobject3
 USE_GSTREAMER=	good
 
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=		PULSEAUDIO
 
 PULSEAUDIO_DESC=	Support PulseAudio
 PULSEAUDIO_USE=		GSTREAMER=pulse
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/multimedia/quodlibet/files/pkg-message.in b/multimedia/quodlibet/files/pkg-message.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d2b260f9d460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/multimedia/quodlibet/files/pkg-message.in
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+[
+{ type: install
+  message: <<EOM
+Quodlibet has been installed.
+For the plugins to work, the following ports are required.
+* notification plugin
+  A DBus notification daemon like sysutils/dunst or x11/mako
+* replaygain plugin
+  multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins-good
+* acoustid plugin
+  multimedia/gstreamer1-plugins-bad
+* "Browse Folders" and others
+  devel/py-dbus
+* MQTT plugin
+  net/py-paho-mqtt
+* Musicbrainz plugin
+  audio/py-musicbrainzngs
+* Sonos plugin
+  multimedia/py-soco
+EOM
+}
+]