diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ If you are using [vcpkg](https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg/) on your project fo
 
 If you are using [cget](http://cget.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), you can install the latest development version with `cget install nlohmann/json`. A specific version can be installed with `cget install nlohmann/json@v3.1.0`. Also, the multiple header version can be installed by adding the `-DJSON_MultipleHeaders=ON` flag (i.e., `cget install nlohmann/json -DJSON_MultipleHeaders=ON`).
 
+If you are using [cocoapods](https://cocoapods.org/), add `pod "nlohmann_json", '~>3.1.2'` to your podfile.
+
 ## Examples
 
 Beside the examples below, you may want to check the [documentation](https://nlohmann.github.io/json/) where each function contains a separate code example (e.g., check out [`emplace()`](https://nlohmann.github.io/json/classnlohmann_1_1basic__json_a5338e282d1d02bed389d852dd670d98d.html#a5338e282d1d02bed389d852dd670d98d)). All [example files](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/tree/develop/doc/examples) can be compiled and executed on their own (e.g., file [emplace.cpp](https://github.com/nlohmann/json/blob/develop/doc/examples/emplace.cpp)).
diff --git a/nlohmann_json.podspec b/nlohmann_json.podspec
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@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# upgrades how to:
+# 1. update s.version
+# 2. run `pod spec lint nlohmann_json.podspec`
+# 3. register a session with cocoapods
+# 4. run `pod trunk push ./`
+
+# see cocoapods documentation http://docs.cocoapods.org/specification.html for
+# more details.
+Pod::Spec.new do |s|
+
+  # ―――  Spec Metadata  ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――― #
+  s.name         = "nlohmann_json"
+  s.version      = "3.1.2"
+  s.summary      = "JSON for Modern C++"
+
+
+  # CocoaPods strips indentation for description
+  s.description  = <<-DESC
+    JSON library for modern c++, it can read & write JSON. If you know how to
+    use std::vector or std::map, you are already set.
+                   DESC
+
+  s.homepage     = "https://github.com/nlohmann/json"
+  s.screenshots  = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nlohmann/json/master/doc/json.gif"
+
+
+  license_text = File.read("LICENSE.MIT")
+  # cocoapods checks extension and expects it to be a txt. so instead
+  # we read the file and pass it in as text.
+  s.license      = { :type => "MIT", :text => license_text }
+
+
+  s.authors      = {
+    "Niels Lohmann" => "mail@nlohmann.me"
+  }
+
+  s.platform     = :ios, "8.0"
+
+  # When using multiple platforms. I haven't tested integration with other
+  # platforms. Theoretically it should just work without problem.
+  # s.ios.deployment_target = "8.0"
+  # s.osx.deployment_target = "10.7"
+  # s.watchos.deployment_target = "2.0"
+  # s.tvos.deployment_target = "9.0"
+
+
+  s.source       = { :git => "https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git", :tag => "v#{s.version}" }
+
+  s.source_files = "single_include/**/*.hpp"
+  s.public_header_files = "single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp"
+end