diff --git a/phpgwapi/images/README b/phpgwapi/images/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d27b37639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpgwapi/images/README
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This folder is used from the gdimage-class used by projects.
+
+It has to be writable by the webserver-user.