diff --git a/src/ref_migrate.c b/src/ref_migrate.c
index 253962d81..c3c4b81a9 100644
--- a/src/ref_migrate.c
+++ b/src/ref_migrate.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 #include "config.h"
@@ -134,6 +135,20 @@ REF_FCN REF_STATUS ref_migrate_free(REF_MIGRATE ref_migrate) {
   return REF_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+REF_FCN REF_STATUS ref_migrate_list_dependencies(char list[1024]) {
+  list[0] = '\0';
+#if defined(HAVE_MPI)
+  strcat(list, " MPI");
+#if defined(HAVE_PARMETIS)
+  strcat(list, " ParMETIS");
+#endif
+#if defined(HAVE_PARMETIS)
+  strcat(list, " Zoltan");
+#endif
+#endif
+  return REF_SUCCESS;
+}
+
 REF_FCN REF_STATUS ref_migrate_inspect(REF_MIGRATE ref_migrate) {
   REF_NODE ref_node = ref_grid_node(ref_migrate_grid(ref_migrate));
   REF_INT node, item, local, part;
diff --git a/src/ref_migrate.h b/src/ref_migrate.h
index 4de0fbfc5..b9644207e 100644
--- a/src/ref_migrate.h
+++ b/src/ref_migrate.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ REF_FCN REF_STATUS ref_migrate_create(REF_MIGRATE *ref_migrate,
                                       REF_GRID ref_grid);
 REF_FCN REF_STATUS ref_migrate_free(REF_MIGRATE ref_migrate);
 
+REF_FCN REF_STATUS ref_migrate_list_dependencies(char list[1024]);
+
 REF_FCN REF_STATUS ref_migrate_inspect(REF_MIGRATE ref_migrate);
 
 REF_FCN REF_STATUS ref_migrate_2d_agglomeration_keep(REF_MIGRATE ref_migrate,
diff --git a/src/ref_subcommand.c b/src/ref_subcommand.c
index 076485645..d563494e2 100644
--- a/src/ref_subcommand.c
+++ b/src/ref_subcommand.c
@@ -4807,9 +4807,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   if (1 == argc || 1 == help_pos) {
     if (ref_mpi_once(ref_mpi)) {
       char egads_deps[1024];
+      char migrate_deps[1024];
       RSS(ref_egads_list_dependencies(egads_deps), "egads deps");
+      RSS(ref_migrate_list_dependencies(migrate_deps), "migrate deps");
       usage(argv[0]);
-      printf("\nEGADS dependencies:%s\n", egads_deps);
+      printf("\ngeometry dependencies:%s\n", egads_deps);
+      printf("parallel dependencies:%s\n", migrate_deps);
     }
     goto shutdown;
   }