diff --git a/cmake/LinuxPackage.cmake b/cmake/LinuxPackage.cmake
index c7a12c2b..d7511591 100644
--- a/cmake/LinuxPackage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/LinuxPackage.cmake
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ INSTALL(DIRECTORY
 	PATTERN "vs" EXCLUDE
 )
 
+INSTALL(FILES
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/setup/Linux/README
+	DESTINATION Coati
+	COMPONENT FULL
+)
+
 INSTALL(FILES
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/setup/Linux/coati.desktop
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/setup/Linux/coati-mime.xml
diff --git a/setup/Linux/README b/setup/Linux/README
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..978c1e15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup/Linux/README
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Coati
+=====
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+run coati.sh script to start the application.
+
+Install
+-------
+
+in the setup folder is a install script that will coati install to /opt/coati
+root permission are required to run this script
+
+
+Configfiles
+-----------
+
+Coati places configfiles at ~/.config/coati
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+documentation is available at http://coati.io/documentation/
+
+Website
+-------
+
+http://www.coati.io/
+
+Reporting a bug
+---------------
+
+To report a bug go to https://github.com/CoatiSoftware/CoatiBugTracker/issues
+or write a email to support@coati.io
+