diff --git a/doc/chibi.scrbl b/doc/chibi.scrbl
index 9baf174e..10733eb0 100755
--- a/doc/chibi.scrbl
+++ b/doc/chibi.scrbl
@@ -1613,6 +1613,11 @@ can specify any option, for example:
    (license gpl))))
 }
 
+\itemlist[
+\item{\scheme{--foreign-depends} - specify foreign libraries the library
+depends on (comma-delimited) (for example ffi,sqlite3 for -lffi -lsqlite3)}
+]
+
 Top-level snow options are represented as a flat alist.  Options
 specific to a command are nested under \scheme{(command (name ...))},
 with most options here being for \scheme{package}.  Here unless
diff --git a/lib/chibi/snow/commands.scm b/lib/chibi/snow/commands.scm
index eae77d94..9411e18c 100644
--- a/lib/chibi/snow/commands.scm
+++ b/lib/chibi/snow/commands.scm
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@
          declarations ...)
        (let* ((dir (library-path-base file name))
               (lib-file (path-relative file dir))
-              (lib-dir (path-directory lib-file)))
+              (lib-dir (path-directory lib-file))
+              (foreign-depends (conf-get-list cfg 'foreign-depends)))
          (define (resolve file)
            (let ((dest-path (if (equal? lib-dir ".")
                                 file
@@ -158,7 +159,8 @@
                (warn "couldn't find ffi stub or c source" base)
                '()))))
          (let lp ((ls declarations)
-                  (info `(,@(cond
+                  (info `((foreign-depends ,@foreign-depends)
+                          ,@(cond
                              ((conf-get cfg '(command package author))
                               => (lambda (x) (list (list 'author x))))
                              (else '()))
diff --git a/tools/snow-chibi.scm b/tools/snow-chibi.scm
index ddd14021..f0e09ff8 100755
--- a/tools/snow-chibi.scm
+++ b/tools/snow-chibi.scm
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     (chibi-path filename "path to chibi-scheme executable")
     (cc string "path to c compiler")
     (cflags string "flags for c compiler")
+    (foreign-depends (list string) "foreign libraries library depends on")
     (use-curl? boolean ("use-curl") "use curl for file uploads")
     (sexp? boolean ("sexp") "output information in sexp format")
     ))