diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0c3fa56c..ff7df192 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-/.rust/
 /doc/
 /build/
+/Makefile
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile.in
similarity index 90%
rename from Makefile
rename to Makefile.in
index 7a1d064b..fc694754 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 RUSTC = rustc
 BUILDDIR = build
 RUSTFLAGS = -O -Z debug-info
+INSTALL_DIR = %PREFIX%
 
 OPENSSL_LIB = lib.rs
 OPENSSL = $(BUILDDIR)/$(shell $(RUSTC) --crate-file-name $(OPENSSL_LIB))
@@ -30,6 +31,9 @@ clean:
 doc: $(OPENSSL)
 	rustdoc $(OPENSSL_LIB)
 
+install: $(OPENSSL)
+	install $(OPENSSL) $(INSTALL_DIR)
+
 print-target:
 	@echo $(OPENSSL)
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..55cf6a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configure
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+TEMP=`getopt -o "" --long prefix: -n "$0" -- "$@"`
+
+if [ $? != 0 ]; then exit 1; fi
+
+eval set -- "$TEMP"
+
+PREFIX=/usr/lib
+
+while true ; do
+    case "$1" in
+        --prefix) PREFIX=$2; shift 2;;
+        --) shift; break;;
+    esac
+done
+
+sed -e "s|%PREFIX%|$PREFIX|" < Makefile.in > Makefile