diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 97efe0e7..0c3c43ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,11 +132,9 @@ For Emscripten,
      see https://developer.chrome.com/blog/wasm-debugging-2020
 
 Installation, for *nix
-  1. Set the COPYDIR variable in the shell to be where you installed Quake 3
-     to. By default it will be /usr/local/games/quake3 if you haven't set it.
-     This is the path as used by the original Linux Q3 installer and subsequent
-     point releases.
-  2. Run 'make copyfiles'.
+  1. Set the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to your prefered installation directory.
+     By default it will be set to /opt/quake3/.
+  2. ```cmake --install build```.
 
 It is also possible to cross compile for Windows under *nix using MinGW. Your
 distribution may have mingw32 packages available. On debian/Ubuntu, you need to
diff --git a/cmake/basegame.cmake b/cmake/basegame.cmake
index 3c01c79b..d2f040bf 100644
--- a/cmake/basegame.cmake
+++ b/cmake/basegame.cmake
@@ -148,18 +148,21 @@ if(BUILD_GAME_LIBRARIES)
     target_link_libraries(      ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} PRIVATE ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(      ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY})
     set_output_dirs(            ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} SUBDIRECTORY ${BASEGAME})
+    install(TARGETS             ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${BASEGAME})
 
     add_library(                ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} SHARED ${GAME_SOURCES_BASEGAME} ${GAME_BINARY_SOURCES})
     target_compile_definitions( ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} PRIVATE QAGAME)
     target_link_libraries(      ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} PRIVATE ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(      ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY})
     set_output_dirs(            ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} SUBDIRECTORY ${BASEGAME})
+    install(TARGETS             ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${BASEGAME})
 
     add_library(                ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} SHARED ${UI_SOURCES_BASEGAME} ${UI_BINARY_SOURCES})
     target_compile_definitions( ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} PRIVATE UI)
     target_link_libraries(      ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} PRIVATE ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(      ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${UI_MODULE_BINARY})
     set_output_dirs(            ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} SUBDIRECTORY ${BASEGAME})
+    install(TARGETS             ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_BASEGAME} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${BASEGAME})
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_GAME_QVMS)
diff --git a/cmake/client.cmake b/cmake/client.cmake
index 2af6b6fc..0d6e3aa2 100644
--- a/cmake/client.cmake
+++ b/cmake/client.cmake
@@ -113,3 +113,7 @@ endforeach()
 if(POST_CLIENT_CONFIGURE_FUNCTION)
     cmake_language(CALL ${POST_CLIENT_CONFIGURE_FUNCTION})
 endif()
+
+install(TARGETS ${CLIENT_BINARY}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION .
+    BUNDLE DESTINATION .)
diff --git a/cmake/compilers/gnu.cmake b/cmake/compilers/gnu.cmake
index cb2ef0ad..9b5714d2 100644
--- a/cmake/compilers/gnu.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compilers/gnu.cmake
@@ -16,3 +16,5 @@ add_compile_options(-Wall -Wimplicit
 
 add_compile_options(-Wno-strict-aliasing
     -Wno-format-zero-length -Wno-format-nonliteral)
+
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /opt/quake3)
diff --git a/cmake/missionpack.cmake b/cmake/missionpack.cmake
index 0c1388e3..8320700e 100644
--- a/cmake/missionpack.cmake
+++ b/cmake/missionpack.cmake
@@ -36,18 +36,21 @@ if(BUILD_GAME_LIBRARIES)
     target_link_libraries(      ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} PRIVATE ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(      ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY})
     set_output_dirs(            ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} SUBDIRECTORY ${MISSIONPACK})
+    install(TARGETS             ${CGAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${MISSIONPACK})
 
     add_library(                ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} SHARED ${GAME_SOURCES_MISSIONPACK} ${GAME_BINARY_SOURCES})
     target_compile_definitions( ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} PRIVATE QAGAME MISSIONPACK)
     target_link_libraries(      ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} PRIVATE ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(      ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY})
     set_output_dirs(            ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} SUBDIRECTORY ${MISSIONPACK})
+    install(TARGETS             ${GAME_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${MISSIONPACK})
 
     add_library(                ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} SHARED ${UI_SOURCES_MISSIONPACK} ${UI_BINARY_SOURCES})
     target_compile_definitions( ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} PRIVATE UI MISSIONPACK)
     target_link_libraries(      ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} PRIVATE ${COMMON_LIBRARIES})
     set_target_properties(      ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${UI_MODULE_BINARY})
     set_output_dirs(            ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} SUBDIRECTORY ${MISSIONPACK})
+    install(TARGETS             ${UI_MODULE_BINARY_MISSIONPACK} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${MISSIONPACK})
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_GAME_QVMS)
diff --git a/cmake/renderer_gl1.cmake b/cmake/renderer_gl1.cmake
index 2b8ebd5e..4f5abc00 100644
--- a/cmake/renderer_gl1.cmake
+++ b/cmake/renderer_gl1.cmake
@@ -59,4 +59,6 @@ if(USE_RENDERER_DLOPEN)
     target_link_options(        ${RENDERER_GL1_BINARY} PRIVATE ${RENDERER_LINK_OPTIONS})
 
     set_output_dirs(${RENDERER_GL1_BINARY})
+    install(TARGETS ${RENDERER_GL1_BINARY} LIBRARY DESTINATION .)
 endif()
+
diff --git a/cmake/renderer_gl2.cmake b/cmake/renderer_gl2.cmake
index 8b278bb1..10a6feb9 100644
--- a/cmake/renderer_gl2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/renderer_gl2.cmake
@@ -91,4 +91,6 @@ if(USE_RENDERER_DLOPEN)
     target_link_options(        ${RENDERER_GL2_BINARY} PRIVATE ${RENDERER_LINK_OPTIONS})
 
     set_output_dirs(${RENDERER_GL2_BINARY})
+    install(TARGETS ${RENDERER_GL2_BINARY} LIBRARY DESTINATION .)
 endif()
+
diff --git a/cmake/server.cmake b/cmake/server.cmake
index 5a06e42d..501d929d 100644
--- a/cmake/server.cmake
+++ b/cmake/server.cmake
@@ -52,3 +52,5 @@ set_output_dirs(${SERVER_BINARY})
 if(POST_SERVER_CONFIGURE_FUNCTION)
     cmake_language(CALL ${POST_SERVER_CONFIGURE_FUNCTION})
 endif()
+
+install(TARGETS ${SERVER_BINARY} RUNTIME DESTINATION .)
diff --git a/cmake/utils/qvm_tools.cmake b/cmake/utils/qvm_tools.cmake
index a5ba3f93..d8e6729c 100644
--- a/cmake/utils/qvm_tools.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils/qvm_tools.cmake
@@ -82,4 +82,8 @@ function(add_qvm MODULE_NAME)
 
     string(REGEX REPLACE "[^A-Za-z0-9]" "_" TARGET_NAME ${MODULE_NAME})
     add_custom_target(${TARGET_NAME} ALL DEPENDS ${QVM_FILE})
+
+    if(ARG_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+        install(FILES ${QVM_FILE} DESTINATION ${ARG_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
+    endif()
 endfunction()