diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a8f4c7e..5a07603f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ PKG_VERSION	?= $(shell git describe --tags --always --abbrev=7 | tr - .)
 GIT_COMMIT ?= $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 GIT_BRANCH ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
 
+DESTDIR ?=
+
 .PHONY: clean
 clean:
 	rm -rf debug release debug_tidy
@@ -88,6 +90,9 @@ test: debug
 test_release: release
 	CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE=1 make -C release test
 
+install: release
+	make -C release install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
+
 test_plantuml: test
 	plantuml -tsvg debug/tests/puml/*.puml
 
diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 20b05aa1..c39b4eb9 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -77,9 +77,11 @@ release/src/clang-uml --help
 # To build using a specific installed version of LLVM use:
 LLVM_VERSION=14 make release
 
-# Optionally
+# Optionally, to install in default prefix
 make install
-# or
+# or to install in custom prefix
+make install DESTDIR=/opt/clang-uml
+# or simply
 export PATH=$PATH:$PWD/release
 ```