diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bdeee08550bc87b72e882f8541582de0e7dad468..454866210daff9206c20e6aa0266784403ba0561 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ PROJECT=libboundscheck.so
 
 CC?=gcc
 
+LIB_DIR = /usr/lib64  
+INC_DIR = /usr/include 
+
 OPTION  = -fPIC
 OPTION += -fstack-protector-all
 OPTION += -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -O2
@@ -39,6 +42,15 @@ $(PROJECT): $(OBJECTS)
 	@mkdir -p obj
 	$(CC) -c $< $(CFLAG) -o obj/$(patsubst %.c,%.o,$(notdir $<))
 
+install: $(PROJECT)
+	@echo "installed libboundscheck.so"
+	mkdir -p $(LIB_DIR)
+	cp lib/$(PROJECT) $(LIB_DIR)
+	@echo "installed libboundscheck headers"
+	mkdir -p $(INC_DIR)
+	cp include/* $(INC_DIR)
+
+
 clean:
 	-rm -rf obj lib
 	@echo "clean up"