diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index d4a8aed..79d49d2 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -174,9 +174,18 @@ export default class Layer extends EE.EventEmitter {
         }
       }
     };
-    if (rules) {
+
+    // temporary till cluster feature is unified (eta july 2016)
+    if (rules && rules.cluster) {
+      out.layer.style.cluster = rules.cluster;
+      out.layer.style.url = rules.url;
+      out.layer.style.height = rules.height;
+      out.layer.style.width = rules.width;
+      out.layer.style.colorTransform = rules.colorTransform;
+    } else if (rules) {
       out.layer.style.rules = rules;
     }
+
     out.layer.query.where = query;
     switch (type) {
     case 'line':
@@ -185,6 +194,8 @@ export default class Layer extends EE.EventEmitter {
     case 'point':
       out.layer.query.select.type = 'geo.dot';
       break;
+    default:
+      out.layer.query.select.type = 'geo.' + type;
     }
     if (this._sort) {
       out.layer.style.orderBy = this._sort;
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 97239e3..35556e2 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ The constructor takes several options, many of them mandatory
 - `account`
 - `table`
 - `host`
-- `type`: line or point (only needed if type can't be inferred from table name, i.e. ending with `Line` or `Point` like `conditionLine`).
+- `type`: `'line'`, `'point'` or `'markerCluster'` (only needed if type can't be inferred from table name, i.e. ending with `Line` or `Point` like `conditionLine`).
 - `subdomains`: number of different subdomains, since the domains are zero indexed this is one more then the max subdomain.
 - `minzoom`: default 0.
 - `maxzoom`: default 20.
@@ -105,3 +105,46 @@ The constructor takes several options, many of them mandatory
   }
 ]
 ```
+
+* a cluster ruleset (pre-unified API - July 2016?)
+
+```json
+{
+  "styles": [
+    {
+      "range": [
+        0,
+        22
+      ],
+      "query": [
+        {
+          "col": "ramp",
+          "test": "Contains",
+          "value": "EXIT"
+        }
+      ],
+      "cluster": {
+        "autoIconEnable": "false",
+        "clusterCentroid": "location",
+        "clusterSpacing": 40,
+        "size": 40,
+        "text": {
+          "color": "white",
+          "size": "9",
+          "text": "count",
+          "x": 0,
+          "y": 0
+        },
+        "text2": {
+          "color": "white",
+          "size": "9",
+          "text": "count",
+          "x": 0,
+          "y": 1
+        },
+        "url": "https://google.com/clustermarker.png"
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```