diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@ This repository creates wheels for tagged versions of Pillow::
    :target: https://travis-ci.org/python-pillow/pillow-wheels
    :alt: Travis CI build status (wheels)
 
+Archives
+--------
+
+https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow-depends contains archives for libraries
+that will be built as part of the Pillow build.
+
+In general, there is no need to put library archives there, because the
+``multibuild`` scripts will download them from their respective URLs.
+
+But, the build will look in that repository before downloading from the
+URL, so if there is a library that often fails to download, or you think might
+fail to download, then download it and add it to the git repository.
+
+See the ``pre_build`` in ``config.sh`` and the ``fetch_unpack`` routine in
+``multibuild/common_utils.sh`` for the logic, and the build recipes in
+``multibuild/library_builders.sh`` for the filename to give to the downloaded
+archive.
+
 Dependencies
 ------------
 
@@ -40,4 +58,4 @@ Download wheels from Rackspace::
 Upload wheels to PyPI::
 
     cd a365fff413fe338398b6-1c8a9b3114517dc5fe17b7c3f8c63a43.r19.cf2.rackcdn.com
-    twine upload Pillow-<VERSION>*
+    twine upload Pillow-<VERSION>*
\ No newline at end of file
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@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-##################################
-Archives for pillow library builds
-##################################
-
-This directory contains archives for libraries that will be built as part of
-the Pillow build.
-
-In general, there is no need to put library archives here, because the
-``multibuild`` scripts will download them from their respective URLs.
-
-But, ``multibuild`` will look in this directory before downloading from the
-URL, so if there is a library that often fails to download, or you think might
-fail to download, then download it to this directory and add it to the git
-repository.
-
-See the ``fetch_unpack`` routine in ``multibuild/common_utils.sh`` for the
-logic, and the build recipes in ``multibuild/library_builders.sh`` for the
-filename to give to the downloaded archive.
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diff --git a/config.sh b/config.sh
index e6aac10a6..bb475452d 100644
--- a/config.sh
+++ b/config.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Define custom utilities
 # Test for OSX with [ -n "$IS_OSX" ]
 
+ARCHIVE_SDIR=pillow-depends-master
+
 # Package versions for fresh source builds
 FREETYPE_VERSION=2.9.1
 LIBPNG_VERSION=1.6.32
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ LIBWEBP_VERSION=1.0.0
 function pre_build {
     # Any stuff that you need to do before you start building the wheels
     # Runs in the root directory of this repository.
+    curl -fsSL -o pillow-depends-master.zip https://github.com/python-pillow/pillow-depends/archive/master.zip
+    untar pillow-depends-master.zip
     if [ -n "$IS_OSX" ]; then
         # Update to latest zlib for OSX build
         build_new_zlib