diff --git a/xos/tools/imagebuilder/README.md b/xos/tools/imagebuilder/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba50819
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xos/tools/imagebuilder/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Prerequisites:
+
+mkdir /image
+curl http://www.vicci.org/cord/ceilometer-trusty-server-multi-nic.compressed.qcow2 > /image/trusty-server-multi-nic.img
+apt-get install ansible qemu-utils
+modprobe nbd