diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 14942fa..c5f339b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CXX := c++
 CXXFLAGS := -Wall -pedantic -ansi -Wno-long-long -O2
 LDFLAGS := -lcrypto
+PREFIX := /usr/local
 
 OBJFILES = git-crypt.o commands.o crypto.o util.o
 
@@ -12,4 +13,7 @@ git-crypt: $(OBJFILES)
 clean:
 	rm -f *.o git-crypt
 
-.PHONY: all clean
+install:
+	install -m 755 git-crypt $(PREFIX)/bin/
+
+.PHONY: all clean install