diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 05df67c..a91fddf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 build
 update-translations.sh
-po
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f991263
--- /dev/null
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+INSTALATION INSTRUCTIONS
+
+$ mkdir build
+$ cd build
+$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
+$ make
+$ make install