diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ lua-libsox$ make
 lua-libsox$ make install # or 'sudo make install' (Ubuntu)
 ```
 
+#### installing with luarocks
+
+```sh
+
+(local) build and install packages from a local rockspec
+lua-libsox$ luarocks build lua-libsox-scm-0.rockspec
+
+(online) install from the site directly
+lua-libsox$ luarocks install lua-libsox
+
+```
+
 #### Example
 
 ```lua
diff --git a/rockspecs/lua-libsox-scm-0.rockspec b/rockspecs/lua-libsox-scm-0.rockspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21e872b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rockspecs/lua-libsox-scm-0.rockspec
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package = "lua-libsox"
+version = "scm-0"
+
+source = {
+  url = "git://github.com/MasterVitronic/lua-libsox"
+}
+
+description = {
+  summary = "Lua Binding for libsox",
+  detailed = [[
+    Lua-libsox is a Lua binding library for the Swiss Army knife of sound processing programs (SoX)
+  ]],
+  license = "MIT/X11",
+  homepage = "https://gitlab.com/vitronic/lua-libsox"
+}
+
+dependencies = {
+  "lua >= 5.1"
+}
+
+build = {
+  type = "builtin",
+  copy_directories = { 'examples' },
+  modules = {
+    ["libsox"] = {
+      sources   = { "lua-libsox.c" },
+      libraries = { "sox"          },
+      incdirs   = { "$(PWD)" }
+    }
+  },
+}