diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e1ae942fb9ee7c160487fc8ff0f3969443a7ae34..25c397081b07136a5b864fb7cbc25cde455b4899 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ OUT := qdl
 
 CFLAGS := -O2 -Wall -g `xml2-config --cflags`
 LDFLAGS := `xml2-config --libs`
+prefix := /usr/local
 
 SRCS := firehose.c qdl.c sahara.c util.c patch.c program.c
 OBJS := $(SRCS:.c=.o)
@@ -11,3 +12,6 @@ $(OUT): $(OBJS)
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OUT) $(OBJS)
+
+install: $(OUT)
+	install -D -m 755 $< $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/bin/$<