diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cc2d415..56d9749 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,3 +21,12 @@ commit-patch-$(VERSION).tar.gz: commit-patch commit-partial commit-patch-buffer.
 	rsync -a $^ commit-patch-$(VERSION)
 	tar czf commit-patch-$(VERSION).tar.gz commit-patch-$(VERSION)
 	rm -rf commit-patch-$(VERSION)
+
+PREFIX=/usr/local
+install:
+	mkdir -p "$(PREFIX)/bin"
+	mkdir -p "$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1"
+	mkdir -p "$(PREFIX)/share/emacs/site-lisp"
+	cp -a commit-patch commit-partial "$(PREFIX)/bin"
+	cp -a commit-patch.1 commit-partial.1 "$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1"
+	cp -a commit-patch-buffer.el "$(PREFIX)/share/emacs/site-lisp"