diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83c11675a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+For installation instructions see the manual in the docs subdirectory
+or online at <http://ant.apache.org/manual/index.html>.
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 6c7d0cf5f..d735448a9 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -1011,6 +1011,7 @@
     <copy todir="${dist.dir}">
       <fileset dir=".">
         <include name="README"/>
+        <include name="INSTALL"/>
         <include name="LICENSE"/>
         <include name="LICENSE.xerces"/>
         <include name="LICENSE.dom"/>
@@ -1104,6 +1105,7 @@
     <copy todir="${src.dist.dir}">
       <fileset dir=".">
         <include name="README"/>
+        <include name="INSTALL"/>
         <include name="LICENSE"/>
         <include name="LICENSE.xerces"/>
         <include name="LICENSE.dom"/>