diff --git a/genex/Makefile b/genex/Makefile
index 568cacd..a7b77cc 100644
--- a/genex/Makefile
+++ b/genex/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 # (at your option) any later version.
 #
 
+PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+
 OBJS = genex.o comp.o libs.o pdf.o
 
 SHELL = /bin/bash
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ else
 	DEPEND	= $(DEPEND_quiet)
 endif
 
-.PHONY:		all clean spotless
+.PHONY:		all clean spotless install uninstall
 
 all:		genex-bin
 
@@ -53,3 +55,23 @@ clean:
 
 spotless:	clean
 		rm -f genex-bin
+
+#
+# Note: we use .../lib/genex/ instead of .../libexec/genex/ because FHS-3.0
+# does not define libexec under the /usr/local/ hierarchy. (And older versions
+# of FHS don't define libexec at all.)
+#
+
+install:	all
+		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/bin
+		mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/lib/genex
+		./mkgenex-wrapper -m 755 -p $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/lib/genex/ \
+		  $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/bin/genex
+		install -m 755 genex-bin $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/lib/genex/
+		install -m 755 sym2xps $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/lib/genex/
+		install -m 755 expand-pintype $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/lib/genex/
+
+uninstall:
+		rm -f $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/bin/genex
+		rm -rf $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/lib/genex
+
diff --git a/genex/mkgenex-wrapper b/genex/mkgenex-wrapper
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..7e9d6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/genex/mkgenex-wrapper
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+#
+# mkgenex-wrapper - Generate wrapper script for genex
+#
+# Copyright 2012 by Werner Almesberger
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+
+
+MODE=555
+DIR=
+
+usage()
+{
+	echo "usage: $0 [-m mode] [-p directory] wrapper-path" 1>&2
+	exit 1
+}
+
+
+while [ "$1" ]; do
+	case "$1" in
+	-m)	shift
+		MODE=$1;;
+	-p)	shift
+		DIR=$1;;
+	-*)	usage;;
+	*)	break;;
+	esac
+	shift
+done
+
+: ${DIR:=`dirname $1`}
+
+[ -d "$DIR" ] && [ "$1" ] && [ -z "$2" ] || usage
+
+trap "rm -f _wrapper" 0
+
+cat <<EOF >_wrapper
+#!/bin/sh
+PATH=\$PATH:$DIR
+exec genex-bin "\$@"
+EOF
+chmod $MODE _wrapper
+
+mv _wrapper "$1"