diff --git a/engine/README.md b/engine/README.md
index 9324832fb0..a252ec3cf9 100644
--- a/engine/README.md
+++ b/engine/README.md
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ Flutter engine uses `gclient` to manage dependencies.
 
 If you've already cloned the flutter repository:
 
-1. Copy one of the `engine/scripts/*.gclient` to the root folder as `.gclient`
+1. Copy one of the `engine/scripts/*.gclient` to the root folder as `.gclient`:
+    1. Googlers: copy `rbe.gclient` to enable faster builds with [RBE](https://github.com/flutter/flutter/blob/master/engine/src/flutter/docs/rbe/rbe.md)
+    2. Everyone else: copy `standard.gclient`
 2. run `gclient sync`