diff --git a/x86_64/qemu-boot.sh b/x86_64/qemu-boot.sh
index 9df088c..ddf751c 100755
--- a/x86_64/qemu-boot.sh
+++ b/x86_64/qemu-boot.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@
 
 set -e
 
+checkDependencies() {
+    local missingCommands=()
+    local command
+
+    for command in qemu-system-x86_64 qemu-img date dirname find sort head cut mkdir; do
+        if ! command -v "$command" &> /dev/null; then
+            missingCommands+=("$command")
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if (( ${#missingCommands[@]} > 0 )); then
+        echo "Error: Missing required commands:"
+        printf '  %s\n' "${missingCommands[@]}"
+        echo
+        echo "On Arch Linux, install the required packages with:"
+        echo "  sudo pacman -S qemu-system-x86 qemu-img qemu-ui-gtk qemu-audio-pa coreutils findutils"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
 # Parse command line arguments
 bootInstalled=false
 while getopts "ih" opt; do
@@ -44,6 +64,8 @@ while getopts "ih" opt; do
     esac
 done
 
+checkDependencies
+
 # Get the directory where this script is located
 scriptDir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 outDir="${scriptDir}/out"