diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b4ab5226..2be0d5c9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,23 +13,6 @@ Please note that **only the first step** is covered by this gem — the rest hap
 
 Please see our [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) before reporting an issue.
 
-Markups
--------
-
-The following markups are supported.  The dependencies listed are required if
-you wish to run the library. You can also run `script/bootstrap` to fetch them all.
-
-* [.markdown, .mdown, .mkdn, .md](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) -- `gem install commonmarker` (https://github.com/gjtorikian/commonmarker)
-* [.textile](https://www.promptworks.com/textile) -- `gem install RedCloth` (https://github.com/jgarber/redcloth)
-* [.rdoc](https://ruby.github.io/rdoc/) -- `gem install rdoc -v 3.6.1`
-* [.org](http://orgmode.org/) -- `gem install org-ruby` (https://github.com/wallyqs/org-ruby)
-* [.creole](http://wikicreole.org/) -- `gem install creole` (https://github.com/larsch/creole)
-* [.mediawiki, .wiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting) -- `gem install wikicloth` (https://github.com/nricciar/wikicloth)
-* [.rst](http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html) -- `pip install docutils`
-* [.asciidoc, .adoc, .asc](http://asciidoc.org/) -- `gem install asciidoctor` (http://asciidoctor.org)
-* [.pod](http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/pod/perlpod.pod) -- `Pod::Simple::XHTML`
-  comes with Perl >= 5.10. Lower versions should install Pod::Simple from CPAN.
-
 
 Installation
 -----------
@@ -65,6 +48,47 @@ require 'github/markup'
 GitHub::Markup.render_s(GitHub::Markups::MARKUP_MARKDOWN, "* One\n* Two")
 ```
 
+Building
+-------
+
+1. Ruby 2.3+ and its development headers are required:
+
+    CentOS, Fedora, or RHEL:
+    
+      `yum install ruby-devel rubygems`
+
+    Debian:
+
+      `sudo apt-get install ruby-dev`
+
+    Ubuntu:
+
+      `sudo apt-get install ruby-all-dev`
+
+
+2. Run Rake in the root project directory:
+
+    `rake`
+
+3. Sit back and enjoy a refreshing Diet Coke.
+
+
+Markups
+-------
+
+The following markups are supported.  The dependencies listed are required if you wish to run the library.
+You can also run `sudo script/bootstrap` to fetch them all (requires ruby dev headers).
+
+* [.markdown, .mdown, .mkdn, .md](http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/) -- `gem install commonmarker` (https://github.com/gjtorikian/commonmarker)
+* [.textile](https://www.promptworks.com/textile) -- `gem install RedCloth` (https://github.com/jgarber/redcloth)
+* [.rdoc](https://ruby.github.io/rdoc/) -- `gem install rdoc -v 3.6.1`
+* [.org](http://orgmode.org/) -- `gem install org-ruby` (https://github.com/wallyqs/org-ruby)
+* [.creole](http://wikicreole.org/) -- `gem install creole` (https://github.com/larsch/creole)
+* [.mediawiki, .wiki](http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Formatting) -- `gem install wikicloth` (https://github.com/nricciar/wikicloth)
+* [.rst](http://docutils.sourceforge.net/rst.html) -- `pip install docutils`
+* [.asciidoc, .adoc, .asc](http://asciidoc.org/) -- `gem install asciidoctor` (http://asciidoctor.org)
+* [.pod](http://search.cpan.org/dist/perl/pod/perlpod.pod) -- `Pod::Simple::XHTML`
+  comes with Perl >= 5.10. Lower versions should install Pod::Simple from CPAN.
 
 Contributing
 ------------