diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index eb36804e..254f7e1f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,12 +31,27 @@ backlog for features that would be nice to have in this library.
 ## Requirements
 
 * Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.4-3.6
-* For Kerberos auth, the [python-gssapi](https://github.com/pythongssapi/python-gssapi) package (see below)
+* For Kerberos auth [python-gssapi](https://github.com/pythongssapi/python-gssapi)
 
-The python-gssapi library is required to support Kerberos authentication but
-`smbprotocol` requires the GSSAPI GGF extension to support things like
-message encryption. To test out if the installed version of python-gsspapi
-can be used you can run the python commands in a Python console;
+To use Kerberos authentication, further dependencies are required, to install
+these dependencies run
+
+```
+# for Debian/Ubuntu/etc:
+sudo apt-get install gcc python-dev libkrb5-dev
+pip install smbprotocol[kerberos]
+
+# for RHEL/CentOS/etc:
+sudo yum install gcc python-devel krb5-devel krb5-workstation python-devel
+pip install smbprotocol[kerberos]
+```
+
+Currently Kerberos authentication is not supported on Windows. As part of this
+optional extra, the python-gssapi library is installed and smbprotocol requires
+a particular GSSAPI extension to be available to work. This extension should
+be installed on the majority of MIT or Heimdall Kerberos installs but it isn't
+guaranteed. To verify that Kerberos is available you can run the following
+check in a Python console
 
 ```
 try:
@@ -55,7 +70,12 @@ version.
 
 To install smbprotocol, simply run
 
-`pip install smbprotocol`
+```
+pip install smbprotocol
+
+# on a non Windows host, to install with Kerberos support
+pip install smbprotocol[kerberos]
+```
 
 This will download the required packages that are used in this package and get
 your Python environment ready to go.
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b6ebef81..9d828373 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ universal = 1
 
 [tool:pytest]
 pep8ignore = setup.py E501
+
+[metadata]
+license_file = LICENSE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0c6465a1..2f948da6 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
         ':python_version<"2.7"': [
             'ordereddict'
         ],
-        ':sys_platform!="win32"': [
+        'kerberos:sys_platform=="win32"': [],
+        'kerberos:sys_platform!="win32"': [
             'gssapi>=1.4.1'
         ]
     },