diff --git a/pear/PEAR/Remote.php b/pear/PEAR/Remote.php
index 1da25f08153..8becb4e70ff 100644
--- a/pear/PEAR/Remote.php
+++ b/pear/PEAR/Remote.php
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ class PEAR_Remote extends PEAR
                 $this->saveCache($_args, $result);
             };
             return $result;
-        } else {
-            return $this->raiseError("For this remote PEAR operation you need to load the xmlrpc extension");
         }
+        if (!@include_once("XML/RPC.php")) {
+            return $this->raiseError("For this remote PEAR operation you need to install the XML_RPC package");
         array_shift($args);
         $server_host = $this->config->get('master_server');
         $username = $this->config->get('username');
diff --git a/pear/go-pear-list.php b/pear/go-pear-list.php
index 49635f1097c..3befd0f1fdb 100755
--- a/pear/go-pear-list.php
+++ b/pear/go-pear-list.php
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@
  */
 $packages  = array(
 // required packages for the installer
-"PEAR"                  =>    "1.3.5",
+"PEAR"                  =>    "1.3.6",
 "XML_RPC"               =>    "1.4.0",
 "Console_Getopt"        =>    "1.2",
-"Archive_Tar"           =>    "1.3.1",
+"Archive_Tar"           =>    "1.3.2",
 
 // required packages for the web frontend
 "PEAR_Frontend_Web"     =>    "0.4",
diff --git a/pear/package-PEAR.xml b/pear/package-PEAR.xml
index 5d4e292b502..ce5e1515d00 100644
--- a/pear/package-PEAR.xml
+++ b/pear/package-PEAR.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     <maintainer>
       <user>ssb</user>
       <role>lead</role>
-      <name>Stig Sæther Bakken</name>
+      <name>Stig Bakken</name>
       <email>stig@php.net</email>
     </maintainer>
     <maintainer>
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@
     </maintainer>
   </maintainers>
   <release>
-    <version>1.3.5</version>
-    <date>2005-02-18</date>
+    <version>1.3.6</version>
+    <date>2005-08-16</date>
     <state>stable</state>
     <license>PHP License</license>
     <notes>
- * fix Bug #3505: pecl can't install PDO
- * enhance pear run-tests dramatically
- * fix Bug #3506: pear install should export the pear version into the environment
+ * Bump XML_RPC dependency to 1.4.0
     </notes>
     <provides type="class" name="OS_Guess" />
     <provides type="class" name="System" />
@@ -124,12 +122,24 @@
       <dep type="php" rel="ge" version="4.2"/>
       <dep type="pkg" rel="ge" version="1.1">Archive_Tar</dep>
       <dep type="pkg" rel="ge" version="1.2">Console_Getopt</dep>
-      <dep type="ext" rel="has">xmlrpc</dep>
+      <dep type="pkg" rel="ge" version="1.4.0">XML_RPC</dep>
       <dep type="ext" rel="has">xml</dep>
       <dep type="ext" rel="has">pcre</dep>
+      <dep type="ext" rel="has" optional="yes">xmlrpc</dep>
     </deps>
   </release>
   <changelog>
+  <release>
+    <version>1.3.5</version>
+    <date>2005-02-18</date>
+    <state>stable</state>
+    <license>PHP License</license>
+    <notes>
+ * fix Bug #3505: pecl can't install PDO
+ * enhance pear run-tests dramatically
+ * fix Bug #3506: pear install should export the pear version into the environment
+    </notes>
+  </release>
   <release>
     <version>1.3.1</version>
     <date>2004-04-06</date>