diff --git a/bin/fts_quickstart b/bin/fts_quickstart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..376cc77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/fts_quickstart
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+echo "Installing Java SDK..."
+# Find our package manager
+if VERB="$( command -v apt-get )" 2> /dev/null; then
+   echo "Debian-based OS detected"
+   sudo apt-get install -y openjdk-8-jdk 2> /dev/null
+elif VERB="$( command -v yum )" 2> /dev/null; then
+   echo "Modern Red Hat-based OS detected"
+   sudo yum install -y java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64 2> /dev/null
+else
+   echo "No valid package manager detected; try one of apt-get, yum."
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "/opt/solr" ]; then
+    printf "Installing Solr 4"
+    # Acquire and unzip solr4
+    wget http://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/4.10.4/solr-4.10.4.tgz 2> /dev/null && printf "."
+    tar -xf solr-4.10.4.tgz 2> /dev/null && printf "."
+    rm solr-4.10.4.tgz 2> /dev/null && printf "."
+
+    # Set the defaults in /opt/solr
+    sudo mv solr-4.10.4 /opt/solr 2> /dev/null && printf "."
+    mv /opt/solr/example /opt/solr/core 2> /dev/null && echo "."
+fi
+
+if [ ! -f "/etc/init.d/solr" ]; then
+    echo "Installing Solr daemon..."
+    # Set up the daemon so that solr will run on startup
+    sudo cp vendor/silverstripe/fulltextsearch/docs/examples/daemon_script /etc/init.d/solr 2> /dev/null
+    sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/solr 2> /dev/null
+    sudo chkconfig --add solr 2> /dev/null
+fi
+
+# Get solr running
+sudo /etc/init.d/solr start 2> /dev/null
+
+# Determine application dir
+if [ -d app ]; then
+    APPDIR="app"
+elif [ -d mysite ]; then
+    APPDIR="mysite"
+else
+    echo "Can't detect application dir - skipping default index creating"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check to see if it has been enabled in _config.php
+grep -i "FulltextSearchable::enable(" "$APPDIR/_config.php" 2> /dev/null
+if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Enabling FulltextSearchable in _config.php..."
+    if [ ! -f "$APPDIR/_config.php" ]; then
+        echo "<?php" > "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+        echo "" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    fi
+    echo "" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    echo "# Enable Fulltextsearch" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    echo "\\SilverStripe\\ORM\\Search\\FulltextSearchable::enable();" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    echo "\\SilverStripe\\FullTextSearch\\Solr\\Solr::configure_server([" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    echo "    'indexstore' => [" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    echo "        'mode' => 'file'," >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    echo "        'path' => BASE_PATH . '/.solr'" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    echo "    ]" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+    echo "]);" >> "$APPDIR/_config.php"
+fi
+
+# Determine code dir
+if [ -d "$APPDIR/src" ]; then
+    CODEDIR="$APPDIR/src"
+elif [ -d "$APPDIR/code" ]; then
+    CODEDIR="$APPDIR/code"
+else
+    echo "Can't detect code dir - skipping default index creating"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create a default index
+if [ ! -f "$CODEDIR/FulltextSearch/DefaultIndex.php" ]; then
+    echo "Creating default index..."
+    mkdir -p "$CODEDIR/FulltextSearch"
+    cp vendor/silverstripe/fulltextsearch/docs/examples/default_index.php.example "$CODEDIR/FulltextSearch/DefaultIndex.php"
+fi
+
+vendor/bin/sake dev/tasks/Solr_Configure
+vendor/bin/sake dev/tasks/Solr_Reindex
+
+echo "Quickstart complete!"
diff --git a/docs/en/01_getting_started.md b/docs/en/01_getting_started.md
index 0ae68ee..26e6fe6 100644
--- a/docs/en/01_getting_started.md
+++ b/docs/en/01_getting_started.md
@@ -35,3 +35,19 @@ offers its own extensions, and there is some behaviour (such as getting the full
 and running) that each connector deals with itself, in a way best suited to that search engine's design.
 
 ## Quick start
+
+If you are running on a Linux-based system, you can get up and running quickly with the quickstart script, like so:
+
+```bash
+composer require silverstripe/fulltextsearch && vendor/bin/fts_quickstart
+```
+
+This will:
+
+- Install the required Java SDK (using `apt-get` or `yum`)
+- Install Solr 4
+- Set up a daemon to run Solr on startup
+- Start Solr
+- Enable `FulltextSearchable` in your `_config.php` (and create one if you don't have one)
+
+The simply adding `$SearchForm` to a template and flushing the template cache should add a search text box to your site.