diff --git a/alarm/rpi-eeprom/PKGBUILD b/alarm/rpi-eeprom/PKGBUILD
index 6adcb7f5f..60fcf309d 100644
--- a/alarm/rpi-eeprom/PKGBUILD
+++ b/alarm/rpi-eeprom/PKGBUILD
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pkgname=(rpi4-eeprom rpi5-eeprom)
 
 _commit=4f2d676b4e2a9c2d9ee1ab42015ce711fde97afa
 pkgver=20230929
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 arch=(any)
 url='https://github.com/raspberrypi/rpi-eeprom'
 license=(custom)
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ md5sums=('5a4d33d67a10035b214b43e4a8e7d52d')
 package_rpi4-eeprom() {
   pkgdesc="Bootloader and VLI USB controller EEPROM update for bcm2711/RPi4 SoC"
   depends=(python pciutils raspberrypi-firmware coreutils binutils)
+  optdepends=('nano: required for using rpi-eeprom-config')
   conflicts=(rpi5-eeprom rpi-eeprom)
   replaces=(rpi-eeprom)
   backup=("etc/default/$pkgbase-update")
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ package_rpi4-eeprom() {
 package_rpi5-eeprom() {
   pkgdesc="Bootloader and VLI USB controller EEPROM update for bcm2712/RPi5 SoC"
   depends=(python pciutils raspberrypi-firmware coreutils binutils)
+  optdepends=('nano: required for using rpi-eeprom-config')
   conflicts=(rpi4-eeprom)
   backup=("etc/default/$pkgbase-update")
   install="rpi-eeprom.install"