diff --git a/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh b/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
index b92a1cfc0..f76ea600b 100755
--- a/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
+++ b/mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 ubuntu804_32="2.6.24-27-generic"
-OSTYPE=`uname -r`
+OSTYPE=`uname -m`
 
 sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion automake autoconf autogen jam
 
-if [ "$OSTYPE" = $ubuntu804_32 ]; then
+if [ "`uname -r`" = $ubuntu804_32 ]; then
+  echo "=====> Using build deps for old Ubuntu 8.08..."
+
   sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libxerces28-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libx11-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
   
+elif [ "$OSTYPE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  echo "=====> Using build deps for 64 bit linux..."
+
+  sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libxerces-c2-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libx11-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
+
 else
-  sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libxerces-c2-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libx11-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4
+  echo "=====> Using build deps for 32 bit Linux..."
+
+  sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libxerces-c2-dev libalut-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libvorbis-dev libwxbase2.8-dev libwxgtk2.8-dev libx11-dev liblua5.1-0-dev libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
 
 fi