diff --git a/docs/intro/install.rst b/docs/intro/install.rst
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--- a/docs/intro/install.rst
+++ b/docs/intro/install.rst
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ The installation steps assume that you have the following things installed:
   where the Python installer ships it bundled.
 
 You can install Scrapy using pip (which is the canonical way to install Python
-packages).
-
-To install using pip::
+packages). To install using ``pip`` run::
 
    pip install Scrapy
 
@@ -35,6 +33,25 @@ To install using pip::
 Platform specific installation notes
 ====================================
 
+Anaconda
+--------
+
+.. note::
+
+  For Windows users, or if you have issues installing through `pip`, this is
+  the recommended way to install Scrapy.
+
+If you already have installed `Anaconda`_ or `Miniconda`_, the company
+`Scrapinghub`_ maintains official conda packages for Linux, Windows and OS X.
+
+To install Scrapy in Linux or OS X, use:
+
+  conda install -c scrapinghub scrapy 
+
+To install Scrapy in Windows, use:
+
+  conda install -c scrapinghub scrapy pywin32
+
 Windows
 -------
 
@@ -167,3 +184,6 @@ After any of these workarounds you should be able to install Scrapy::
 .. _homebrew: http://brew.sh/
 .. _zsh: http://www.zsh.org/
 .. _virtualenv: https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/latest/
+.. _Scrapinghub: http://scrapinghub.com
+.. _Anaconda: http://docs.continuum.io/anaconda/index
+.. _Miniconda: http://conda.pydata.org/docs/install/quick.html