diff --git a/pcsc-relay/README b/pcsc-relay/README
index a7af19a..a07cee5 100644
--- a/pcsc-relay/README
+++ b/pcsc-relay/README
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+.. highlight:: sh
+
+.. _libnfc: http://www.libnfc.org/
+.. _PCSC-lite: http://pcsclite.alioth.debian.org/
+
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 pcsc-relay
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@@ -13,12 +18,57 @@ can use this program in combination with the virtual smart card to emulate a
 ISO/IEC 14443 smart card. 
 
 
+============
 Installation
-------------
+============
 
-See file INSTALL.
+pcsc-relay uses the GNU Build System to compile and install. If you are
+unfamiliar with it, please have a look at the file ``INSTALL``. If you have a
+look around and can not find it, you are probably working bleeding edge in the
+repository.  Run the following command in the pcsc-relay direcotry to get the
+missing standard auxiliary files::
+    
+    autoreconf -i
 
+pcsc-relay has the following dependencies:
 
+- PC/SC middleware
+- libnfc_
+
+---------------
+Hints on libnfc
+---------------
+
+pcsc-relay links against libnfc_. Here is an example of how to get the standard
+installation of the latter::
+ 
+    PREFIX=/tmp/install
+    LIBNFC=libnfc
+    svn co http://libnfc.googlecode.com/svn/trunk $LIBNFC
+    cd $LIBNFC
+    autoreconf -i
+    ./configure --prefix=$PREFIX
+    make
+    make install
+
+Building pcsc-relay with libnfc_ is done best using ``pkg-config``.  The file
+``libnfc.pc`` should be located in ``$INSTALL/lib/pkgconfig``. Here is how to
+configure pcsc-relay to use it::
+
+    ./configure PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig
+
+-------------------------
+Hints on PC/SC middleware
+-------------------------
+
+PC/SC is included by default in most modern operating systems. On Unix-like
+systems (Linux, OS X, Sun OS) it is realized by PCSC-Lite_. To compile
+pcsc-relay you will need to install the PCSC-Lite headers from your
+distribution. Windows also ships with a PC/SC middleware in form of the
+Winscard module. Microsoft's developement environment Visual Studio includes
+all necessary data for building pcsc-relay.
+
+---------
 Questions
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