diff --git a/pear/PEAR/Common.php b/pear/PEAR/Common.php
index 663124cae7d97..1b1a9261c7c3e 100644
--- a/pear/PEAR/Common.php
+++ b/pear/PEAR/Common.php
@@ -180,6 +180,14 @@ function _element_start($xp, $name, $attribs)
                     $this->current_release =& $this->pkginfo['changelog'][$this->c_i];
                 }
                 break;
+            case 'deps':
+                $this->pkginfo['release_deps'] = array();
+                break;
+            case 'dep':
+                // dependencies array index
+                $this->d_i = (isset($this->d_i)) ? $this->d_i + 1 : 0;
+                $this->pkginfo['release_deps'][$this->d_i] = $attribs;
+                break;
         }
     }
 
@@ -318,6 +326,11 @@ function _pkginfo_cdata($xp, $data)
             case 'sources':
                 $this->lib_sources[] = trim($data);
                 break;
+            case 'dep':
+                if ($data = trim($data)) {
+                    $this->pkginfo['release_deps'][$this->d_i]['name'] = $data;
+                }
+                break;
         }
     }