diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index aca5e80b0..27ab8e947 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           # When adding a new `target`:
           # 1. Define a new platform alias above
           # 2. Add a new record to the matrix map in `crates/cli/npm/install.js`
+          # 3. Consider adding the mapping at the end of 'crates/cli/Cargo.toml' for cargo-binstall support
           - { platform: linux-arm64     , target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu     , os: ubuntu-24.04-arm }
           - { platform: linux-arm       , target: armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf , os: ubuntu-24.04-arm }
           - { platform: linux-x64       , target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu      , os: ubuntu-24.04     }
diff --git a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
index bb6d8e88f..48e32aea2 100644
--- a/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -81,3 +81,36 @@ tree_sitter_proc_macro = { path = "src/tests/proc_macro", package = "tree-sitter
 tempfile.workspace = true
 pretty_assertions.workspace = true
 unindent.workspace = true
+
+[package.metadata.binstall]
+pkg-fmt = "zip"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-linux-arm64{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-linux-arm{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-linux-x64{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.i686-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-linux-x86{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-linux-powerpc64{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.aarch64-pc-windows-msvc]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-windows-arm64{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.x86_64-pc-windows-msvc]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-windows-x64{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.i686-pc-windows-msvc]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-windows-x86{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.aarch64-apple-darwin]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-macos-arm64{ archive-suffix }"
+
+[package.metadata.binstall.overrides.x86_64-apple-darwin]
+pkg-url = "{ repo }/releases/download/v{ version }/{ name }-macos-x64{ archive-suffix }"
diff --git a/crates/cli/README.md b/crates/cli/README.md
index 5a399f083..2e203031d 100644
--- a/crates/cli/README.md
+++ b/crates/cli/README.md
@@ -11,16 +11,15 @@ The Tree-sitter CLI allows you to develop, test, and use Tree-sitter grammars fr
 
 ### Installation
 
-You can install the `tree-sitter-cli` with `cargo`:
+You can install the `tree-sitter-cli` with `cargo-binstall`:
 
 ```sh
-cargo install --locked tree-sitter-cli
+cargo binstall tree-sitter-cli
 ```
 
-or with `npm`:
-
+or you can build it from source:
 ```sh
-npm install tree-sitter-cli
+cargo install --locked tree-sitter-cli
 ```
 
 You can also download a pre-built binary for your platform from [the releases page].