diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -15,4 +15,12 @@ Highly customizable wayland bar for sway or wlroots based compositor.
 - Used memory percentage
 - Cpu load percentage
 
+**How to compile**
+
+```bash
+meson build
+ninja -C build
+./build/waybar
+```
+
 Contributions welcome! - have fun