diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 22e8bf63..fb8b2deb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ $ make
 $ make install
 ```
 
+alternatively, if you're a nix user:
+```
+$ git clone git@github.com:rconybea/indentlog-nix.git
+$ ls -d indentlog-nix
+indentlog-nix
+$ cd indentlog-nix
+$ nix-build
+```
+
 ## Examples
 
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