diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a8d988f6..0ac01680 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ This repository hosts following utilities:
 * **btrfs** — the main administration tool ([manual page](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Manpage/btrfs))
 * **mkfs.btrfs** — utility to create the filesystem ([manual page](https://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Manpage/mkfs.btrfs))
 
+The C and python 3 bindings are provided by a LGPL library **libbtrfsutil** see
+[libbtrfsutil/README.md](libbtrfsutil/README.md) for more.
+
 See [INSTALL](INSTALL) for build instructions and [tests/README.md](tests/README.md) for
 testing information.