diff --git a/Procfile b/Procfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bad52d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Procfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+web: ./target/release/meilisearch --http-addr=0.0.0.0:$PORT
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 16a87afaa..45122a01b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ curl -L https://install.meilisearch.com | sh
 ./meilisearch
 ```
 
+#### Run it on heroku
+
+[![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://heroku.com/deploy?template=https://github.com/meilisearch/MeiliSearch)
+
 #### Compile and run it from sources
 
 If you have the Rust toolchain already installed, you can compile from the source
diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
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index 000000000..11d6c1a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "name": "MeiliSearch",
+  "description": "Ultra relevant, instant and typo-tolerant full-text search API",
+  "keywords": [
+    "search-engine",
+    "instant search",
+    "search API"
+  ],
+  "website": "https://docs.meilisearch.com/",
+  "repository": "https://github.com/meilisearch/MeiliSearch",
+  "buildpacks": [
+    {
+      "url": "https://github.com/emk/heroku-buildpack-rust"
+    }
+  ]
+}