diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # spdlog
-zig build for spdlog
+This is [spdlog](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog), packaged for [Zig](https://ziglang.org/).
+
+Usage instructions to be added. Hopefully this things works. :)
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f29f4cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+    const upstream = b.dependency("spdlog", .{});
+    const lib = b.addStaticLibrary(.{
+        .name = "spdlog",
+        .target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{}),
+        .optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{}),
+    });
+    lib.linkLibCpp();
+    lib.addIncludePath(upstream.path("include"));
+    lib.addCSourceFiles(.{
+        .root = upstream.path("src"),
+        .files = &.{
+            "async.cpp",
+            "bundled_fmtlib_format.cpp",
+            "cfg.cpp",
+            "color_sinks.cpp",
+            "file_sinks.cpp",
+            "spdlog.cpp",
+            "stdout_sinks.cpp",
+        },
+        .flags = &.{
+            "-DSPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB",
+        },
+    });
+    lib.installHeadersDirectory(upstream.path("include/spdlog"), "spdlog", .{});
+    b.installArtifact(lib);
+}
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
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index 0000000..749d032
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+.{
+    .name = .spdlog,
+    .version = "1.15.1",
+    .minimum_zig_version = "0.14.0",
+    .fingerprint = 0x19cef80094ea6f4,
+    .dependencies = .{
+        .spdlog = .{
+            .url = "https://github.com/gabime/spdlog/archive/refs/tags/v1.15.1.tar.gz",
+            .hash = "N-V-__8AACsfEgCkfDtpMeuVL-wCnzLvznKU7UuYFhH2Daz8",
+        },
+    },
+    .paths = .{
+        "LICENSE",
+        "README.md",
+        "build.zig",
+        "build.zig.zon",
+    },
+}