diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 5416a11..bad26c7 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ systemctl start libvirtd
 apt install lxc lxc-templates debootstrap libvirt0
 
 # arch:
-sudo pacman -S lxc libvirt
+sudo pacman -S lxc libvirt unzip
 
 # everything else:
 # not documented, please open pull requests with commands for debian/arch/macos
@@ -148,6 +148,23 @@ tar -xzf julia-1.4.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
 echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/julia/julia-1.4.1/bin' >> /opt/.profile
 source /opt/.profile
 
+# install elixir and erlang
+# final binary: /opt/elixir/bin/elixir --version
+# erlang
+cd /opt && mkdir erlang && cd erlang
+wget http://erlang.org/download/otp_src_23.0.tar.gz
+gunzip -c otp_src_23.0.tar.gz | tar xf -
+cd otp_src_23.0 && ./configure
+make
+echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/erlang/otp_src_23.0/bin' >> /opt/.profile
+source /opt/.profile
+#elixir
+cd /opt && mkdir elixir && cd elixir
+wget https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/download/v1.10.3/Precompiled.zip
+mkdir elixir-1.10.3 && unzip Precompiled.zip -d elixir-1.10.3/
+echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/elixir/elixir-1.10.3/bin' >> /opt/.profile
+source /opt/.profile
+
 
 # create runnable users and apply limits
 for i in {1..150}; do