diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 find_package(ECM 5.14.0 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/)
 
 include(KDECompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(GenerateExportHeader)
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@
 find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ItemModels ThreadWeaver TextEditor I18n)
 find_package(KDevPlatform ${KDEVPLATFORM_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 
+find_package(ASTRedux MODULE)
+set_package_properties(ASTRedux PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
+
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wdocumentation")
 endif()
@@ -48,8 +52,6 @@
 #    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/parser
 )
 
-link_directories(${AST_REDUX_LIBDIR})
-
 set(kdevrustlanguagesupport_PART_SRCS
     rustlanguagesupport.cpp
     rustparsejob.cpp
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
  #   kdevrustparser
  #   kdevrustduchain
  #   kdevrustcompletion
-    ast_redux
+    ${ASTRedux_LIBRARY}
 )
 
 install(FILES kdevrustsupport.categories DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_CONFDIR})
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
-Rust Language Support plugin
-============================
+# Rust Language Support plugin
 
 This package is a WIP to provide language support for Rust.
+
+## Compiling
+
+### Get the ast-redux Rust library
+
+```
+git clone ssh://git@git.kde.org/scratch/egospodinova/ast-redux
+cargo build
+```
+
+This should create a folder called *target/debug*.
+
+### Build kdev-rust
+
+```
+export CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/path/to/ast-redux/target/debug:$CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
+mkdir build
+cmake ..
+make
+```
diff --git a/cmake/FindASTRedux.cmake b/cmake/FindASTRedux.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindASTRedux.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+find_library(ASTRedux_LIBRARY NAMES ast-redux)
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(ASTRedux DEFAULT_MSG ASTRedux_LIBRARY)
+
+# Set package properties if FeatureSummary was included
+if (COMMAND set_package_properties)
+    set_package_properties(ASTRedux PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "ast-redux - a Rust library")
+endif()