diff --git a/minecode/README.rst b/minecode/README.rst
index a491ee74..917c93a0 100644
--- a/minecode/README.rst
+++ b/minecode/README.rst
@@ -2,3 +2,11 @@ minecode
 =========
 
 MineCode is a Django web app that visits upstream package repositories and saves the package metadata to the PackageDB.
+
+Local setup
+===========
+
+* ./configure
+* make postgres
+* make envfile
+* make run
diff --git a/packagedb/README.rst b/packagedb/README.rst
index 369a8e2b..1796724b 100644
--- a/packagedb/README.rst
+++ b/packagedb/README.rst
@@ -2,3 +2,11 @@ packagedb
 =========
 
 PackageDB is a Django web app that provides the model for storing package metadata.
+
+Local setup
+===========
+
+* ./configure
+* make postgres
+* make envfile
+* make run