diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 37a044b46..a3c780d33 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,15 +51,35 @@ Features
 Installation
 ------------
 
-If you want to include it with your project, either [grab it as a zip](https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/zipball/master) or grab it as a tarball:
+### Install with Composer
+If you're using [Composer](https://github.com/composer/composer) to manage dependencies, you can add Requests with it.
+
+	{
+		"require": {
+			"rmccue/requests": ">=1.0"
+		}
+	}
+
+### Install source from GitHub
+To install the source code:
+
+	git clone git://github.com/rmccue/Requests.git
+
+And include it in your scripts:
+
+	require_once '/path/to/Requests/library/Requests.php';
+
+### Install source from zip/tarball
+Alternatively, you can fetch a [tarball](https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/tarball/master) or [zipball](https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/zipball/master):
 
     $ curl https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/tarball/master | tar xzv
     (or)
     $ wget https://github.com/rmccue/Requests/tarball/master -O - | tar xzv
 
-Or clone it via Git:
+### Using a Class Loader
+If you're using a class loader (e.g., [Symfony Class Loader](https://github.com/symfony/ClassLoader)) for [PSR-0](https://github.com/php-fig/fig-standards/blob/master/accepted/PSR-0.md)-style class loading:
 
-    $ git clone https://github.com/rmccue/Requests.git
+	$loader->registerNamespace('Requests', 'path/to/vendor/Requests/library');
 
 
 Documentation
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd0df26fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+	"name": "rmccue/requests",
+	"description": "A HTTP library written in PHP, for human beings.",
+	"homepage": "http://github.com/rmccue/Requests",
+	"license": "ISC",
+	"keywords": ["http", "idna", "iri", "ipv6", "curl", "sockets", "fsockopen"],
+	"authors": [
+		{
+			"name": "Ryan McCue",
+			"homepage": "http://ryanmccue.info"
+		}
+	],
+	"require": {
+		"php": ">=5.2"
+	},
+	"type": "library"
+}