diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0064ec..36b089d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,13 +85,21 @@ If there's no packaged version available - think carefully, since you're using a
 
 **If you want to build a non-debug version, you should tag your build before configuring.** For example: `git tag -f "git-$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"` will add a tag with the short commit ID, which will be used for the version info. Issues asking about ASAN/complaints about i3lock-color being slow / etc will likely be closed. i3lock-color uses GNU autotools for building.
 
-To build i3lock-color, first install the dependencies listed above, then clone the repo and run the build script:
+To use i3lock-color, first install the dependencies listed above, then clone the repo:
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/Raymo111/i3lock-color.git
 cd i3lock-color
+```
+To build without installing, run:
+```
 chmod +x build.sh
 ./build.sh
 ```
+To install after building, run:
+```
+chmod +x install.sh
+./install.sh
+```
 You may choose to modify the script based on your needs/OS/distro.
 
 ## Arch Linux Packages
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..261c3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+autoreconf -fiv
+
+rm -rf build/
+mkdir -p build && cd build/
+
+../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-sanitizers
+
+make install
+
+install -Dm644 LICENSE "/usr/share/licenses/i3lock-color/LICENSE"