diff --git a/bump_packaging.py b/bump_packaging.py
index 8d1e0c6..e2414bd 100644
--- a/bump_packaging.py
+++ b/bump_packaging.py
@@ -335,6 +335,50 @@ def bump_srcinfo() -> None:
     say("regenerated contrib/aur/.SRCINFO")
 
 
+#: Names that may appear as `resource` blocks in the formula.  A Python
+#: dependency without one is silently skipped at install time because Homebrew
+#: installs the sdist `--no-deps`, which surfaces as an ImportError on launch
+#: rather than as a packaging error.
+RESOURCE_LINE = re.compile(r'(?m)^  resource "([^"]+)" do$')
+
+
+def pypi_name(name: str) -> str:
+    """PEP 503 name: lowercase, runs of -_. collapsed to a single hyphen."""
+    return re.sub(r"[-_.]+", "-", name).lower()
+
+
+def runtime_dependencies() -> list[str]:
+    """The distribution names in `pyproject.toml`'s `[project] dependencies`."""
+    block = re.search(r"(?ms)^dependencies = \[(.*?)^\]$", PYPROJECT.read_text())
+    if block is None:
+        raise fail("no dependencies array in pyproject.toml")
+    return re.findall(r'^\s*"([A-Za-z0-9._-]+)', block.group(1), re.MULTILINE)
+
+
+def formula_excluded_resources() -> set[str]:
+    """Dependencies the formula deliberately leaves to other formulae."""
+    match = re.search(r'pypi_packages .*exclude_packages: "([^"]*)"', FORMULA.read_text())
+    if match is None:
+        return set()
+    return {pypi_name(name.strip()) for name in match.group(1).split(",") if name.strip()}
+
+
+def check_formula_resources(problems: list[str]) -> None:
+    """Every runtime dependency needs a `resource`, unless another formula has it."""
+    resources = {pypi_name(name) for name in RESOURCE_LINE.findall(FORMULA.read_text())}
+    if not resources:
+        problems.append("formula vendors no Python resources; it would install --no-deps")
+    excluded = formula_excluded_resources()
+    for dependency in runtime_dependencies():
+        name = pypi_name(dependency)
+        if name in excluded or name in resources:
+            continue
+        problems.append(
+            f"formula has no resource for {name}"
+            " (run `brew update-python-resources Formula/b/beefy-player.rb` in the tap)"
+        )
+
+
 def bump_formula(version: str, checksum: str) -> None:
     text = FORMULA.read_text()
     url = RELEASE_ASSET.format(version=version, name=ASSET_NAME)
@@ -344,6 +388,8 @@ def bump_formula(version: str, checksum: str) -> None:
     )
     # The default branch is master, and --HEAD is only useful if it resolves.
     text = text.replace('branch: "main"', 'branch: "master"')
+    # The `resource` blocks pin versions, not the release: they only go stale
+    # when pyproject.toml's dependencies change, which `--check` reports.
     FORMULA.write_text(text)
     say("wrote contrib/homebrew/Formula/b/beefy-player.rb")
 
@@ -435,6 +481,7 @@ def check(version: str) -> int:
         problems.append('formula head branch is "main"; this repository uses master')
     if re.search(r'sha256 "0{64}"', formula):
         problems.append("formula still has the placeholder sha256")
+    check_formula_resources(problems)
 
     for problem in problems:
         say(f"drift: {problem}")