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diff --git a/README.WINDOWS b/README.WINDOWS
index 9d57fbc7..00697e6f 100644
--- a/README.WINDOWS
+++ b/README.WINDOWS
@@ -18,17 +18,20 @@ The Windows distribution of wimlib is a ZIP file containing the following items:
   * Very short batch scripts (e.g. wimapply.cmd) which are shortcuts to the
     corresponding wimlib-imagex commands (e.g. `wimlib-imagex apply').
 
+  * The library itself in DLL format (libwim-15.dll).  wimlib-imagex.exe
+    requires this to run.
+
   * The documentation, including this file, the generic README.txt, and
     PDF documentation for wimlib-imagex in the 'doc' directory.
 
-  * The library itself (libwim-15.dll).  The C header wimlib.h is not
-    included; download the source if you want it.
-
   * License files for all software included.  These are all free software
     licenses.  COPYING.txt is the main license, and it refers to
     COPYING.GPLv3.txt and COPYING.LGPLv3.txt.  The other licenses are for
     third-party software included in the library.
 
+  * Development files in the 'devel' directory.  These are only needed if you
+    are developing C or C++ applications that use wimlib.
+
 Note that there are separate ZIP files for 32-bit (i686) and 64-bit (x86_64)
 binaries.  They are both fully supported, but you should prefer the 64-bit
 binaries when possible as they can be noticeably faster.
@@ -129,10 +132,8 @@ libwim-15.dll will be linked to several other DLLs which you will need as well:
         - zlib1.dll
 
 These DLLs can be found in "C:\cygwin\usr\x86_64-w64-mingw32\sys-root\mingw\bin"
-and must be placed alongside libwim-15.dll for it to run portably.  (In the
-official binary release, these third-party libraries are linked to libwim-15.dll
-statically rather than dynamically --- or are unnecessary, in the case of
-libxml2's dependencies.)
+and must be placed alongside libwim-15.dll for it to run portably.  But see
+below for an alternative.
 
 Building 32-bit binaries is very similar, but you'll need to replace "x86_64"
 with "i686" everywhere in the above instructions, and libwim-15.dll will also
@@ -140,3 +141,33 @@ depend on libgcc_s_sjlj-1.dll.  Note that you can build both 32-bit and 64-bit
 binaries from the same Cygwin installation, provided that you install both the
 mingw64-i686-* and mingw64-x86_64-* packages; and you can run the Cygwin setup
 program to install more packages at any time.
+
+In the official binary releases from wimlib.net, libwim-15.dll's dependent
+libraries are linked in statically rather than dynamically, so it does not
+depend on any DLLs other than standard Windows DLLs.  If you want to do this,
+install the following additional Cygwin packages:
+
+    - p7zip         (category "Archiver")
+    - autoconf      (category "Devel")
+    - automake      (category "Devel")
+    - git           (category "Devel")
+    - libtool       (category "Devel")
+    - nasm          (category "Devel")
+    - pkg-config    (category "Devel")
+    - ghostscript   (category "Graphics")
+    - wget          (category "Web")
+
+Then, in a Cygwin terminal, clone the git repository, checkout the wimlib
+version you want, bootstrap the repository, and run the Windows release script:
+
+    git clone git://wimlib.net/wimlib
+    cd wimlib
+    git checkout v1.10.0
+    ./bootstrap
+    ./tools/make-windows-release x86_64
+
+The release script will download and build libxml2 and winpthreads as static
+libraries, then build wimlib, then do some final tasks and bundle the resulting
+files up into a ZIP archive.  If successful you'll end up with a file like
+"wimlib-1.10.0-windows-x86_64-bin.zip", just like the official releases.  For
+32-bit binaries just use "i686" instead of "x86_64".