diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ This is a forkable repository that handles the boilerplate of building and integ
 
 ## Building
 
-This project and C++ Requests both use CMake. The first step is to make sure all of the submodules are initialized:
+This project and C++ Requests both use CMake. Unix users can use the install script to automatically build the project:
+
+```
+./install.sh
+```
+
+Otherwise, the project can be built manually. The first step is to make sure all of the submodules are initialized:
 
 ```
 git submodule update --init --recursive
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..319846f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+
+mkdir build
+cd build
+
+cmake ..
+make