diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dfd7c8a..bb25b83 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ drop
 lib
 templates/
 docs/
+man/*.gz
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 21ebbda..a40acec 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ LOC ?= ./bin/
 
 include mk/build.mk
 include mk/commands.mk
+include mk/install.mk
 include mk/setup.mk
 include mk/dev.mk
 -include mk/migration.mk
diff --git a/mk/install.mk b/mk/install.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18c51bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mk/install.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# DESTDIR envvar is a way to install the application in a different root (for building packages for example).
+PREFIX    ?= /usr/local
+BINDIR    ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
+SHAREDIR  ?= $(PREFIX)/share
+DOCDIR    ?= $(SHAREDIR)/doc/dnsmanagerd
+MANDIR    ?= $(SHAREDIR)/man
+
+install-dnsmanagerd: build-server
+	$(Q)install -D -m 555 ./bin/dnsmanagerd $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/dnsmanagerd
+install-dnsmanager-client: build-client
+	$(Q)install -D -m 555 ./bin/dnsmanager-client $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/dnsmanager-client
+install-binaries: install-dnsmanagerd install-dnsmanager-client
+
+gz-man-dnsmanager-client:; $(Q)gzip -k --best ./man/dnsmanager-client.1
+gz-man-dnsmanagerd:;       $(Q)gzip -k --best ./man/dnsmanagerd.1
+
+install-man-dnsmanagerd: gz-man-dnsmanagerd
+	$(Q)install -D -m 444 ./man/dnsmanagerd.1.gz $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/dnsmanagerd.1.gz
+install-man-dnsmanager-client: gz-man-dnsmanager-client
+	$(Q)install -D -m 444 ./man/dnsmanager-client.1.gz $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1/dnsmanager-client.1.gz
+install-man: install-man-dnsmanagerd install-man-dnsmanager-client
+
+install-dev-doc: doc ; install -D docs/ $(DESTDIR)$(DOCDIR)
+
+# By default, dev documentation isn't installed.
+install: install-binaries install-man #install-dev-doc