diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.tools/install_sysdeps.sh b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.tools/install_sysdeps.sh
index 1a25055..b340113 100755
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.tools/install_sysdeps.sh
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt.tools/install_sysdeps.sh
@@ -89,3 +89,10 @@
 	;;
 esac
 
+
+# check if .classpath exists in swt project.
+if [ -a "../org.eclipse.swt/.classpath" ]; then 
+	func_echo_plus ".classpath found, you are good to go";
+else 
+	func_echo_error "Warning: ../org.eclipse.swt/.classpath not found. Normally you rename ../org.eclipse.swt/.classpath_gtk to ../*/.classpath manually"
+fi