diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e2ff249..b6283ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ OBJECTS += $(BUILD_DIR)/miniz.o
 DSO_PATH := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(DSO_NAME)
 DSO := $(DSO_PATH).so.$(DSO_MAJOR).$(DSO_MINOR)
 
+ifndef DONT_STRIP
+	INSTALL_STRIP := -s --strip-program=$(STRIP)
+endif
+
 $(DSO): $(OBJECTS)
 	$(LINK_DSO)
 	ln -sf $(DSO_NAME).so.$(DSO_MAJOR).$(DSO_MINOR) $(DSO_PATH).so.$(DSO_MINOR)
@@ -37,6 +41,11 @@ $(BENCH_DIR)/zrle-bench: $(OBJECTS) $(BUILD_DIR)/pngfb.o \
 		$(BENCH_DIR)/zrle-bench.o
 	$(LINK_EXE) $(shell pkg-config --libs libpng)
 
+.PHONY: install
+install: $(DSO)
+	install $(INSTALL_STRIP) -Dt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib $(BUILD_DIR)/*.so*
+	install -Dt $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include inc/neatvnc.h
+
 .PHONY: bench
 bench: $(BENCH_DIR)/zrle-bench
 	./$(BENCH_DIR)/zrle-bench
diff --git a/common.mk b/common.mk
index 10c7ec5..e611cb7 100644
--- a/common.mk
+++ b/common.mk
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ MACHINE := $(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine)
 ARCH := $(firstword $(subst -, ,$(MACHINE)))
 BUILD_DIR ?= build-$(MACHINE)
 
+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86_64)
 	ARCH_CFLAGS := -mavx
 else
@@ -10,6 +12,12 @@ ifeq ($(ARCH),arm)
 endif # end arm block
 endif # end x86_64 block
 
+ifeq (, $(shell which $(MACHINE)-strip 2>/dev/null))
+	STRIP := strip
+else
+	STRIP := $(MACHINE)-strip
+endif
+
 CFLAGS ?= -g -O3 $(ARCH_CFLAGS) -flto -DNDEBUG
 LDFLAGS ?= -flto