diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8f0270e..3ef2391 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ shard.lock
 bin
 drop
 lib
+man/*.gz
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 255168a..07dc32f 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 all: build-server
 
 Q ?= @
-OPTS ?= --progress
 
 include mk/build.mk
 include mk/install.mk
diff --git a/mk/install.mk b/mk/install.mk
index fe8485f..3e45911 100644
--- a/mk/install.mk
+++ b/mk/install.mk
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # DESTDIR envvar is a way to install the application in a different root (for building packages for example).
-PREFIX    ?= /usr/local/
+PREFIX    ?= /usr/local
 BINDIR    ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
 SHAREDIR  ?= $(PREFIX)/share
 DOCDIR    ?= $(SHAREDIR)/doc/authd
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ install-authd: build-server ; install -D -m 555 ./bin/authd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/
 install-authc: build-client ; install -D -m 555 ./bin/authc $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/authc
 install-binaries: install-authd install-authc
 
-install-man-authd:; install -D -m 444 ./man/authd.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/authd.1
-install-man-authc:; install -D -m 444 ./man/authc.1 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/authc.1
+gz-man-authc:; gzip -k --best ./man/authd.1
+gz-man-authd:; gzip -k --best ./man/authc.1
+
+install-man-authd: gz-man-authc ; install -D -m 444 ./man/authd.1.gz $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/authd.1.gz
+install-man-authc: gz-man-authd ; install -D -m 444 ./man/authc.1.gz $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/authc.1.gz
 install-man: install-man-authd install-man-authc
 
 doc:; crystal docs