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@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Read the comments in `NutshellApi.php` for additional information about the clas
 
 The `NutshellApi` class provides synchronous (blocking) API calls. It is possible to write an API class which provides asynchronous calls using the `id` field specified in [JSON-RPC](http://groups.google.com/group/json-rpc/web/json-rpc-2-0).
 
+## Composer
+
+Thanks to the community [for nudging us to make this code compatible with Composer](https://github.com/nutshellcrm/nutshell-api-php/pull/5). While it's not meant to be a fully-supported SDK, you can use [composer](https://getcomposer.org/) to quickly add this project to your own.
+
 ## Additional Reading
 
 * On API keys and permissions: [Authentication](http://www.nutshell.com/api/authentication.html)
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "name": "nutshellcrm/nutshell-api",
+    "description": "A PHP library for the Nutshell API",
+    "keywords": ["nutshell","crm"],
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "autoload": {
+        "files": [
+            "NutshellApi.php"
+        ]
+    }
+}