diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c85fba7ab..1b56cacc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,18 @@ If you are using Xcode, then you should:
 * Add the Swift source files generated from your protos directly to your project
 * Add the Protobuf target from the Xcode project in this package to your project.
 
+## Using the library with CocoaPods
+
+If you're using CocoaPods, add this to your `Podfile`:
+
+~~~ruby
+pod 'SwiftProtobuf', git: 'https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf-runtime.git'
+~~~
+
+And run `pod install`.
+
+(Swift 3 frameworks require CocoaPods 1.1 or newer)
+
 ## Report any issues
 
 If you run into problems, please send us a detailed report.  At a minimum, please include:
diff --git a/SwiftProtobuf.podspec b/SwiftProtobuf.podspec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..99b8569a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SwiftProtobuf.podspec
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Pod::Spec.new do |s|
+  s.name = 'SwiftProtobuf'
+  s.version = '0.9.21'
+  s.license = { :type => 'Apache 2.0', :file => 'LICENSE.txt' }
+  s.summary = 'Runtime library needed to use code generated by swift-protobuf-plugin'
+  s.homepage = 'https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf-runtime'
+  s.author = 'Apple Inc.'
+  s.source = { :git => 'https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf-runtime.git', :tag => s.version }
+  
+  s.requires_arc = true
+  s.ios.deployment_target = '8.0'
+  s.osx.deployment_target = '10.9'
+  s.tvos.deployment_target = '9.0'
+  s.watchos.deployment_target = '2.0'
+
+  s.source_files = 'Sources/**/*.swift'
+end
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