diff --git a/pym/_emerge/actions.py b/pym/_emerge/actions.py
index 090d9e1..9449e6c 100644
--- a/pym/_emerge/actions.py
+++ b/pym/_emerge/actions.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ good = create_color_func("GOOD")
 bad = create_color_func("BAD")
 from portage.package.ebuild._ipc.QueryCommand import QueryCommand
 from portage.package.ebuild.doebuild import _check_temp_dir
+from portage.package.ebuild._spawn_nofetch import spawn_nofetch
 from portage._sets import load_default_config, SETPREFIX
 from portage._sets.base import InternalPackageSet
 from portage.util import cmp_sort_key, writemsg, \
@@ -328,9 +329,24 @@ def action_build(settings, trees, mtimedb,
 			if retval != os.EX_OK:
 				return retval
 			mergecount=0
-			for x in mydepgraph.altlist():
-				if isinstance(x, Package) and x.operation == "merge":
+			nofetch = []
+			portdb = trees[settings['EROOT']]["porttree"].dbapi
+			for pkg in mydepgraph.altlist():
+				if isinstance(pkg, Package) and pkg.operation == "merge":
 					mergecount += 1
+					if ('fetch' in pkg.metadata.restrict and
+						portdb.getfetchsizes(
+							pkg.cpv,
+							useflags=mydepgraph._pkg_use_enabled(pkg),
+							myrepo=pkg.repo)):
+						nofetch.append(pkg)
+			for pkg in nofetch:
+				print()
+				print("Fetch instructions for %s:" % (pkg.cpv,))
+				spawn_nofetch(
+					portdb,
+					portdb.findname(pkg.cpv, myrepo=pkg.repo),
+					settings=settings)
 
 			if mergecount==0:
 				sets = trees[settings['EROOT']]['root_config'].sets