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@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ There is also a fairly short (12 minute) [getting started video](http://vimeo.co
 explains how to build a fully functional LAMP development environment, which
 covers a few parts of Vagrant in more detail than the website guide.
 
+## Installing the Gem from Git
+
+If you want the bleeding edge version of Vagrant, we try to keep master pretty stable
+and you're welcome to give it a shot. The following is an example showing how to do this:
+
+    rake build
+    sudo rake install
+
 ## Contributing to Vagrant
 
 To hack on vagrant, you'll need [bundler](http://github.com/carlhuda/bundler) which can