diff --git a/bec_widgets/readme.md b/bec_widgets/readme.md
index bda769dc..84ed3b49 100644
--- a/bec_widgets/readme.md
+++ b/bec_widgets/readme.md
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@ Add/modify the path in the following variable to make the plugin avaiable in Qt
 ```
 $ export PYQTDESIGNERPATH=/<path to repo>/bec/bec_qtplugin:$PYQTDESIGNERPATH
 ```
+
+All the available conda-forge `pyqt >=5.15` packages don't seem to support loading Qt Designer
+python plugins at the time of writing. Use `pyqt =5.12` to solve the issue for now.