diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b56da8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Java SDK
+
+This is an experimental Java SDK. The main motivation at the moment is to square away the API surface area to 
+ensure the work we're doing in typescript can be replicated in a less flexible language. This may become the official
+Java SDK eventually, but now is not that time.
\ No newline at end of file