diff --git a/quickstart/README-minikube.md b/quickstart/README-minikube.md
index 09e93ab..9bf0b7d 100644
--- a/quickstart/README-minikube.md
+++ b/quickstart/README-minikube.md
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ You can use the installer script that installs all the required dependencies. Th
 > ⚠️ You may need to visit Hugging Face [meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct) and
 > accept the usage terms to pull this with your HF token if you have not already done so.
 
+### Required [Gateway API Inference Extension (GIE)]
+
+```shell
+export GIE_VERSION=v0.3.0
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension/releases/download/$GIE_VERSION/manifests.yaml
+```
+
 ### Target Platform
 
 #### MiniKube
@@ -300,3 +307,5 @@ To delete the Minikube cluster, simply run:
 ```bash
 minikube delete
 ```
+
+[Gateway API Inference Extension (GIE)]:https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension
diff --git a/quickstart/README.md b/quickstart/README.md
index 3807dc7..923440e 100644
--- a/quickstart/README.md
+++ b/quickstart/README.md
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ You can use the installer script that installs all the required dependencies.
 > ⚠️ Your Hugging Face account must have access to the model you want to use.  You may need to visit Hugging Face [meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct) and
 > accept the usage terms if you have not already done so.
 
+### Required [Gateway API Inference Extension (GIE)]
+
+```shell
+export GIE_VERSION=v0.3.0
+kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension/releases/download/$GIE_VERSION/manifests.yaml
+```
+
 ### Target Platforms
 
 Since the llm-d-deployer is based on helm charts, llm-d can be deployed on a variety of Kubernetes platforms. As more platforms are supported, the installer will be updated to support them.
@@ -347,3 +354,5 @@ make a change, simply uninstall and then run the installer again with any change
 ```bash
 ./llmd-installer.sh --uninstall
 ```
+
+[Gateway API Inference Extension (GIE)]:https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/gateway-api-inference-extension