diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d3544bf6dc0..3a5dd034fb6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+PREFIX	?= /usr/local
+BINDIR	?= $(PREFIX)/bin
+
 all:
 	cd utils && make
 
+install:
+	install -D xbps-src.sh $(BINDIR)/xbps-src
+	cd utils && make install
+
+uninstall:
+	-rm -f $(BINDIR)/xbps-*
+
 clean:
 	cd utils && make clean
diff --git a/utils/Makefile b/utils/Makefile
index 6bb74e2fd7d..571b5400774 100644
--- a/utils/Makefile
+++ b/utils/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 PREFIX  ?= /usr/local
-CFLAGS += -Wall -Werror -O3 -I$(PREFIX)/include
-CFLAGS += -funroll-all-loops -ftree-loop-linear
-LDFLAGS += -lprop
-BINS ?= xbps-bin xbps-cmpver xbps-digest xbps-pkgdb
+BINDIR	?= $(PREFIX)/bin
+CFLAGS	+= -Wall -Werror -O3 -I$(PREFIX)/include
+CFLAGS	+= -funroll-all-loops -ftree-loop-linear
+LDFLAGS	+= -lprop
+BINS	?= xbps-bin xbps-cmpver xbps-digest xbps-pkgdb
 
 all: xbps_digest xbps_pkgdb xbps_bin xbps-cmpver strip_bins clean_objs
  
@@ -41,3 +42,6 @@ clean_objs:
 
 clean: clean_objs
 	-rm -f xbps-digest xbps-pkgdb xbps-cmpver
+
+install: all
+	install -D $(BINS) $(BINDIR)