diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index d3d2d3925..530033581 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ If you are running a Linux distro that does not support `ManyLinux1 <https://www
 
     $ apt-get update
     $ apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev uuid-dev cmake libcurl4-openssl-dev pkg-config python3-dev python3-pip
-    $ pip3 install uamqp --no-binary
+    $ pip3 install uamqp --no-binary :all:
+
+If you are running Alpine, you can install from source:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+    $ apk add --update python3 py-pip python3-dev cmake gcc g++ openssl-dev build-base
+    $ pip3 install uamqp --no-binary :all:
 
 
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