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@@ -27,8 +27,43 @@ Current features allow to test the following system parameters:
 
 -   database server performance
 
+# Installing from Binary Packages
+
+## Linux
+
+The easiest way to download and install sysbench on Linux is using
+binary package repositories hosted by
+[packagecloud](https://packagecloud.io). The repositories are
+automatically updated on each sysbench release. Currently only x86_64
+binaries are available.
+
+- setup the `sysbench` repository by following instructions for your
+  distribution at <https://packagecloud.io/akopytov/sysbench/install>
+
+- install the `sysbench` package:
+  - Debian/Ubunu
+  ``` shell
+  apt -y install sysbench
+  ```
+
+  - RHEL/CentOS:
+  ``` shell
+  yum -y install sysbench
+  ```
+
+  - Fedora:
+  ``` shell
+  dnf -y install sysbench
+  ```
+
 # Building and Installing From Source
 
+It is recommended to install sysbench is using the official binary
+packages as described in
+[Installing from Binary Packages](#installing-from-binary-packages). Below
+are instruction for cases when you want to use sysbench on an
+architecture for which no binary packages are available.
+
 ## Build Requirements
 
 ### Windows
@@ -50,15 +85,24 @@ build and use sysbench 0.5 natively for Windows.
     apt -y install libpq-dev
 ```
 
-### RedHat/CentOS
+### RHEL/CentOS
 ``` shell
     yum -y install make automake libtool pkgconfig libaio-devel vim-common
-    # For MySQL support
+    # For MySQL support, replace with mysql-devel on RHEL/CentOS 5
     yum -y install mariadb-devel
     # For PostgreSQL support
     yum -y install postgresql-devel
 ```
 
+### Fedora
+``` shell
+    dnf -y install make automake libtool pkgconfig libaio-devel vim-common
+    # For MySQL support
+    dnf -y install mariadb-devel
+    # For PostgreSQL support
+    dnf -y install postgresql-devel
+```
+
 ### macOS
 
 Assuming you have Xcode (or Xcode Commane Line Tools) and Homebrew installed: