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diff --git a/script/catalyst.pl b/script/catalyst.pl
index 85d30c9..83c4eb7 100755
--- a/script/catalyst.pl
+++ b/script/catalyst.pl
@@ -3,7 +3,20 @@
 use strict;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use Pod::Usage;
-use Catalyst::Helper;
+eval " use Catalyst::Helper 1.0; ";
+
+if ($@) {
+  die <<END;
+To use the Catalyst development tools including catalyst.pl and the
+generated script/myapp_create.pl you need Catalyst::Helper, which is
+part of the Catalyst-Devel distribution. Please install this via a
+vendor package or by running one of -
+
+  perl -MCPAN -e 'install Catalyst::Devel'
+  perl -MCPANPLUS -e 'install Catalyst::Devel'
+END
+
+}
 
 my $force    = 0;
 my $help     = 0;
@@ -21,12 +34,14 @@ GetOptions(
 
 pod2usage(1) if ( $help || !$ARGV[0] );
 
-my $helper = Catalyst::Helper->new( {
-    '.newfiles' => !$force, 
-    'makefile'  => $makefile, 
-    'scripts'   => $scripts,
-    'short'     => $short,
-} );
+my $helper = Catalyst::Helper->new(
+    {
+        '.newfiles' => !$force,
+        'makefile'  => $makefile,
+        'scripts'   => $scripts,
+        'short'     => $short,
+    }
+);
 pod2usage(1) unless $helper->mk_app( $ARGV[0] );
 
 1;