diff --git a/README b/README
index a420603c..c7e8c426 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ Just add the package "marcelog/ding":
         "marcelog/ding": "dev-master"
     }
 }
-
-Note that since log4php is a dependency and does not have a composer
-installation available, you will need to add it to your own composer.json file.
-
 Packagist URL: http://packagist.org/packages/marcelog/ding
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Available via PEAR
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f459132b..78c1c1ce 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -13,12 +13,18 @@
       "role": "Developer"
     }
   ],
+  "repositories": [
+  {
+    "type": "pear",
+    "url": "http://pear.apache.org/log4php/"
+  }],
   "autoload": {
     "psr-0": {
       "Ding": "src/mg"
     }
   },
   "require": {
-    "php": ">=5.3.3"
+    "php": ">=5.3.3",
+    "pear-log4php/Apache_log4php": ">=2.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 40c90fbd..bce6015a 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 {
-    "hash": "e278dac4af1944a492f72b6af0b2649d",
+    "hash": "2265fe393e25eaf0de856317998344d4",
     "packages": [
-
+        {
+            "package": "pear-pear.apache.org/log4php/Apache_log4php",
+            "version": "2.2.1"
+        }
     ],
     "packages-dev": null,
     "aliases": [