diff --git a/bin/warnings b/bin/warnings
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7fc311adb95ff5c6487f8a51bd48781b2e960efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/warnings
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+shopt -s extglob
+
+pylibmc-missing() {
+  puts-warn "pylibmc is missing."
+}
+
+show-warnings() {
+  pylibmc-missing()
+
+}