diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f2d7b0..0cb227e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -316,6 +316,13 @@ add_custom_command (TARGET Starlib POST_BUILD COMMAND touch ARGS slight.txt)
 add_custom_command (TARGET Starlib POST_BUILD COMMAND cp ARGS slight.txt slight.txt.bak)
 add_custom_command (TARGET Starlib POST_BUILD COMMAND echo ARGS '' > slight.txt )
 
+# Installation of targets
+install(TARGETS e_starlight ${THIS_LIB}
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+  INCLUDES DESTINATION include
+)
 
 message(STATUS "Cmake did not find any errors. run 'make' to build the project.")
 message(STATUS "On multi-core machines 'make -j#', where # is the number of parallel jobs, can speedup compilation considerably.")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f171509..e78b4c7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,7 +38,11 @@ cmake ~/the_path/estarlight
 ```
 (g)make
 ```
-  * The compilation will produce an executable to run: estarlight
+* The compilation will produce an executable to run: estarlight
+* Install the code to `CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX` (defaults to `/usr/local`)
+```
+(g)make install
+```
 
 * Set up the desired running conditions in the input file:
 ```
@@ -127,3 +131,4 @@ To compile eSTARlight with HepMC3 output enabled, use:
 ```
 cmake /pathto/estarlight -DENABLE_HEPMC3=ON -DHepMC3_DIR=/pathto/hepmc3/hepmc3-install
 ```
+NOTE: running `make install` on your eSTARlight build when using HepMC3 may result in errors on some systems. If this is the case, it is recommended to not install eSTARlight when using HepMC3 and simply run the code from the build directory.