diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d563c8b..ae917fb 100644
--- a/README.md
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@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ go get github.com/ezekg/git-hound
 alias git='_() { if [[ "$1" == "commit" ]]; then git-hound "$@"; else git "$@"; fi }; _'
 ```
 
+## Building
+- To build for your operating system, simply run `go install` from the root of the project directory.
+- To build for all platforms using [`goxc`](https://github.com/laher/goxc), run `goxc -pv=0.5.2 -d=releases/`.
+
 ## Usage
 ```bash
 git hound commit ...