diff --git a/building.md b/building.md
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--- a/building.md
+++ b/building.md
@@ -46,8 +46,19 @@ you'll need [homebrew](http://brew.sh/) to install the required dependencies.
   - **openbsd**
     - `pkg_add git cmake ffmpeg boost sndio libev libmicrohttpd taglib libopenmpt`
 
-### build musikcube
+### obtain musikcube sources
+
+you can either get the latest version from git, as follows...
+
 - `git clone https://github.com/clangen/musikcube.git --recursive`
+
+...or you can download a pre-packaged source release:
+
+- navigate to the appropriate [release](https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/releases) page and download the source `tar.gz` file
+- `tar xvfz musikcube-0.96.10.tar.gz`
+
+### build musikcube
+
 - `cd musikcube`
 - `cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" .`
 - `make`