diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d100d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+DESTDIR ?= /usr
+BINDIR ?= $(DESTDIR)/bin
+VARDIR ?= /var/lib/containerctl
+GENERATEDIR ?= $(VARDIR)/generate
+CONFIGDIR ?= $(VARDIR)/configs
+CONTAINERDIR ?= $(VARDIR)/containers
+
+install:
+	mkdir -p \
+		$(PREFIX)/$(GENERATEDIR) \
+		$(PREFIX)/$(CONFIGDIR) \
+		$(PREFIX)/$(CONTAINERDIR) \
+		$(PREFIX)/$(BINDIR)
+	install -m755 containerctl $(PREFIX)/$(BINDIR)
+	cp -t $(PREFIX)/$(GENERATEDIR) \
+		generate/container.py \
+		generate/log.py \
+		generate/generate.py
+
+.PHONY: install
diff --git a/REUSE.toml b/REUSE.toml
index 5c418a1..dbbebe0 100644
--- a/REUSE.toml
+++ b/REUSE.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 version = 1
 [[annotations]]
-path = [".gitignore", "example.container", "ruff.toml"]
+path = [".gitignore", "example.container", "ruff.toml", "Makefile"]
 precedence = "aggregate"
 SPDX-FileCopyrightText = "2025 Enno Tensing <tenno+containerctl@suij.in>"
 SPDX-License-Identifier = "CC0-1.0"