diff --git a/pep-0459.txt b/pep-0459.txt
index 414409814..196753a46 100644
--- a/pep-0459.txt
+++ b/pep-0459.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Last-Modified: $Date$
 Author: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
 BDFL-Delegate: Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
 Discussions-To: Distutils SIG <distutils-sig@python.org>
-Status: Draft
+Status: Deferred
 Type: Standards Track
 Content-Type: text/x-rst
 Requires: 426
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ Like all metadata extensions, each standard extension format is
 independently versioned. Changing any of the formats requires an update
 to this PEP, but does not require an update to the core packaging metadata.
 
+PEP Deferral
+============
+
+This PEP depends on PEP 426, which has itself been deferred. See the
+PEP Deferral section in that PEP for details.
+
 .. note::
 
    These extensions may eventually be separated out into their own PEPs,