diff --git a/README.asciidoc b/README.asciidoc
index 1a54dd49..83d2acaa 100644
--- a/README.asciidoc
+++ b/README.asciidoc
@@ -201,6 +201,20 @@ sudo zypper install kakoune
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ====
 
+[TIP]
+.Ubuntu
+====
+Building on Ubuntu 16.04.
+Make sure you have .local/bin in your path to make the kak binary available from your shell.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+sudo apt install libncursesw5-dev libboost-regex-dev asciidoc libboost-dev
+git clone https://github.com/mawww/kakoune.git && cd kakoune/src
+make
+PREFIX=$HOME/.local make install
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+====
+
 Running
 ~~~~~~~