diff --git a/docs/get_started/setup.md b/docs/get_started/setup.md
index b4ebaccc8a6a..70eebc33dc23 100644
--- a/docs/get_started/setup.md
+++ b/docs/get_started/setup.md
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ To contribute easy installation scripts for other operating systems and programm
 
 ### Quick Installation on Ubuntu
 
-The simple installation scripts set up MXNet for Python on computers running Ubuntu 12 or later. The scripts install MXNet in your home folder ```~/mxnet```.
+The simple installation scripts set up MXNet for Python and R on computers running Ubuntu 12 or later. The scripts install MXNet in your home folder ```~/mxnet```.
 
 To clone the MXNet source code repository to your computer, use ```git```. 
 ```bash
@@ -97,19 +97,31 @@ It takes around 5 minutes to complete the installation.
 # Clone mxnet repository. In terminal, run the commands WITHOUT "sudo"
 git clone https://github.com/dmlc/mxnet.git ~/mxnet --recursive
 
+
 # Install MXNet for Python with all required dependencies
 cd ~/mxnet/setup-utils
-bash install-mxnet-ubuntu.sh
+bash install-mxnet-ubuntu-python.sh
 
 # We have added MXNet Python package path in your ~/.bashrc. 
 # Run the following command to refresh environment variables.
 $ source ~/.bashrc
 ```
 
-You can view the installation script [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dmlc/mxnet/master/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu.sh).
+You can view the installation script we just used to install MXNet for Python [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dmlc/mxnet/master/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu-python.sh).
+
+# Install MXNet for R with all required dependencies
+
+To install MXNet for R:
+
+```bash
+cd ~/mxnet/setup-utils
+bash install-mxnet-ubuntu-r.sh
+```
+The installation script to install MXNet for R can be found [here](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dmlc/mxnet/master/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu-r.sh).
 
 If you are unable to install MXNet with the Bash script, see the following detailed installation instructions.
 
+
 ### Quick Installation on Amazon Linux
 
 The simple installation scripts set up MXNet for Python on computers running Amazon Linux. The scripts install MXNet in your home folder ```~/mxnet```.
@@ -435,7 +447,7 @@ make rpkg
 These commands create the MXNet R package as a tar.gz file that you can install as an R package. To install the R package, run the following command, use your MXNet version number:
 
 ```bash
-R CMD INSTALL mxnet_0.5.tar.gz
+R CMD INSTALL mxnet_0.7.tar.gz
 ```
 
 ##### Installing MXNet on a Computer with a GPU Processor
diff --git a/setup-utils/install-mxnet-amz-linux.sh b/setup-utils/install-mxnet-amz-linux.sh
index 113772dd718f..df029a5d22c5 100644
--- a/setup-utils/install-mxnet-amz-linux.sh
+++ b/setup-utils/install-mxnet-amz-linux.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ sudo make PREFIX=/usr/local install
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 
 # Install MXNet Core without CUDA
-cd ~/mxnet
+MXNET_HOME="~/mxnet/"
+cd $MXNET_HOME
 cp make/config.mk .
 echo "USE_CUDA=0" >>config.mk
 echo "USE_CUDNN=0" >>config.mk
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ cd python
 sudo python setup.py install
 
 # Add MXNet path to ~/.bashrc file
-echo "export PYTHONPATH=~/mxnet/python:$PYTHONPATH" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "export PYTHONPATH=$MXNET_HOME/python:$PYTHONPATH" >> ~/.bashrc
 source ~/.bashrc
 
 echo "Done! MXNet for Python installation is complete. Go ahead and explore MXNet with Python :-)"
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diff --git a/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu.sh b/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu-python.sh
similarity index 76%
rename from setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu.sh
rename to setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu-python.sh
index addb2e9a84ad..227e28750554 100644
--- a/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu-python.sh
@@ -5,14 +5,16 @@
 ######################################################################
 set -e
 
-echo "Installing build-essential, libatlas-base-dev, libopencv-dev..."
+MXNET_HOME="~/mxnet/"  
+echo "MXNet root folder: $MXNET_HOME"
 
+echo "Installing build-essential, libatlas-base-dev, libopencv-dev..."
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libatlas-base-dev libopencv-dev
 
-echo "Installing MXNet core. This can take few minutes..."
-cd ~/mxnet/
-sudo make -j$(nproc)
+echo "Building MXNet core. This can take few minutes..."
+cd $MXNET_HOME
+make -j$(nproc)
 
 echo "Installing Numpy..."
 sudo apt-get install python-numpy
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ echo "Installing Python package for MXNet..."
 cd python; sudo python setup.py install
 
 echo "Adding MXNet path to your ~/.bashrc file"
-echo "export PYTHONPATH=~/mxnet/python:$PYTHONPATH" >> ~/.bashrc
+echo "export PYTHONPATH=$MXNET_HOME/python:PYTHONPATH" >> ~/.bashrc
 source ~/.bashrc
 
-echo "Done! MXNet for Python installation is complete. Go ahead and explore MXNet with Python :-)"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "Done! MXNet for Python installation is complete. Go ahead and explore MXNet with Python :-)"
diff --git a/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu-r.sh b/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu-r.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2f4e1a36383c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup-utils/install-mxnet-ubuntu-r.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+######################################################################
+# This script installs MXNet for R along with all required dependencies on a Ubuntu Machine.
+# We recommend to install Microsoft RServer together with Intel MKL library for optimal performance
+# More information can be found here: 
+# https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/machinelearning/2016/09/15/building-deep-neural-networks-in-the-cloud-with-azure-gpu-vms-mxnet-and-microsoft-r-server/
+# Tested on Ubuntu 14.0+ distro.
+# This script assumes that R is already installed in the system
+######################################################################
+set -e
+
+MXNET_HOME="~/mxnet/" 
+echo "MXNet root folder: $MXNET_HOME"
+
+echo "Building MXNet core. This can take few minutes..."
+cd $MXNET_HOME
+make -j$(nproc)
+
+echo "Installing R dependencies. This can take few minutes..."
+Rscript -e "install.packages('devtools', repo = 'https://cran.rstudio.com')"
+cd R-package
+Rscript -e "library(devtools); library(methods); options(repos=c(CRAN='https://cran.rstudio.com')); install_deps(dependencies = TRUE)"
+cd ..
+
+echo "Compiling R package. This can take few minutes..."
+make rpkg
+
+echo "Installing R package..."
+sudo R CMD INSTALL mxnet_0.7.tar.gz
+
+echo "Done! MXNet for R installation is complete. Go ahead and explore MXNet with R :-)"