diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bba25503..46f93e08 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,6 @@ assets = [
     ["alacritty.desktop", "usr/share/applications/", "644"],
     ["alacritty-completions.bash", "usr/share/bash-completion/completions/alacritty", "644"],
     ["alacritty-completions.fish", "usr/share/fish/completions/alacritty", "644"],
-    ["alacritty-completions.zsh", "usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/alacritty", "644"],
+    ["alacritty-completions.zsh", "usr/share/zsh/vendor-completions/_alacritty", "644"],
     ["alacritty.info", "usr/share/terminfo/a/alacritty", "644"],
 ]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b1fb92f5..33bca532 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -295,10 +295,19 @@ To get automatic completions for alacritty's flags and arguments you can install
 
 ### Zsh
 
-To install the completions for zsh, run
+To install the completions for zsh, you can place the `alacritty-completions.zsh` as `_alacritty` in any directory referenced by `$fpath`.
 
+If you do not already have such a directory registered through your `~/.zshrc`, you can add one like this:
+
+```sh
+mkdir -p ${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zsh_functions
+echo 'fpath+=${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zsh_functions' >> ${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zshrc
 ```
-sudo cp alacritty-completions.zsh /usr/share/zsh/functions/Completion/X/_alacritty
+
+Then copy the completion file to this directory:
+
+```sh
+cp alacritty-completions.zsh ${ZDOTDIR:-~}/.zsh_functions/_alacritty
 ```
 
 ### Bash