diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7d396d0..6626d249 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -197,3 +197,45 @@ endif()
 if (BUILD_DOCS)
    add_subdirectory(docs)
 endif()
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Installation
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+set(NOMINATIM_DATADIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
+set(NOMINATIM_LIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
+set(NOMINATIM_CONFIGDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_SYSCONFDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/tool-installed.tmpl installed.bin)
+install(PROGRAMS ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/installed.bin
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+        RENAME nominatim)
+
+install(TARGETS osm2pgsql RUNTIME DESTINATION ${NOMINATIM_LIBDIR})
+install(PROGRAMS ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/module/nominatim.so
+        DESTINATION ${NOMINATIM_LIBDIR}/module)
+install(DIRECTORY lib-sql DESTINATION ${NOMINATIM_LIBDIR})
+install(DIRECTORY lib-php DESTINATION ${NOMINATIM_LIBDIR})
+install(DIRECTORY nominatim
+        DESTINATION ${NOMINATIM_LIBDIR}/lib-python
+        FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.py"
+        PATTERN __pycache__ EXCLUDE)
+
+install(FILES data/country_name.sql
+              data/country_osm_grid.sql.gz
+              data/words.sql
+        DESTINATION ${NOMINATIM_DATADIR})
+
+install(FILES settings/env.defaults
+              settings/address-levels.json
+              settings/phrase_settings.php
+              settings/import-admin.style
+              settings/import-street.style
+              settings/import-address.style
+              settings/import-full.style
+              settings/import-extratags.style
+        DESTINATION ${NOMINATIM_CONFIGDIR})
+
+install(CODE "MESSAGE(\"Sample install ${NOMINATIM_DATADIR} message.\")")
diff --git a/cmake/tool-installed.tmpl b/cmake/tool-installed.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b245dbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/tool-installed.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import os
+
+sys.path.insert(1, '@NOMINATIM_LIBDIR@/lib-python')
+
+os.environ['NOMINATIM_NOMINATIM_TOOL'] = os.path.abspath(__file__)
+
+from nominatim import cli
+
+exit(cli.nominatim(module_dir='@NOMINATIM_LIBDIR@/module',
+                   osm2pgsql_path='@NOMINATIM_LIBDIR@/osm2pgsql',
+                   phplib_dir='@NOMINATIM_LIBDIR@/lib-php',
+                   sqllib_dir='@NOMINATIM_LIBDIR@/lib-sql',
+                   data_dir='@NOMINATIM_DATADIR@',
+                   config_dir='@NOMINATIM_CONFIGDIR@',
+                   phpcgi_path='@PHPCGI_BIN@'))