diff --git a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
index deb96174fbbc14ba379810f1af32855e9cb595e0..be705b6c0282c8c3f3001a1e8b14779292df6454 100644
--- a/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
+++ b/install/lib/installer_base.lib.php
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class installer_base {
 	public function check_prerequisites() {
 		$msg = '';
 		
-		if(version_compare(phpversion(), '5.4', '<')) $msg .= "PHP Version 5.4 or newer is required.\n";
+		if(version_compare(phpversion(), '5.4', '<')) $msg .= "PHP Version 5.4 or newer is required. The currently used PHP version is ".phpversion().".\n";
 		if(!function_exists('curl_init')) $msg .= "PHP Curl Module is missing.\n";
 		if(!function_exists('mysqli_connect')) $msg .= "PHP MySQLi Module is nmissing.\n";
 		if(!function_exists('mb_detect_encoding')) $msg .= "PHP Multibyte Module (MB) is missing.\n";