diff --git a/app/spdk_tgt/Makefile b/app/spdk_tgt/Makefile
index 9ae4b9786..087458d7a 100644
--- a/app/spdk_tgt/Makefile
+++ b/app/spdk_tgt/Makefile
@@ -62,4 +62,7 @@ $(APP): $(OBJS) $(SPDK_LIB_FILES) $(SPDK_WHOLE_LIBS) $(BLOCKDEV_MODULES_FILES) $
 clean:
 	$(CLEAN_C) $(APP)
 
+install: $(APP)
+	$(INSTALL_APP)
+
 include $(SPDK_ROOT_DIR)/mk/spdk.deps.mk
diff --git a/mk/spdk.common.mk b/mk/spdk.common.mk
index 82a28cb56..5c1ef8228 100644
--- a/mk/spdk.common.mk
+++ b/mk/spdk.common.mk
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ ifneq ($(prefix),)
 CONFIG_PREFIX=$(prefix)
 endif
 
+bindir?=$(CONFIG_PREFIX)/bin
 libdir?=$(CONFIG_PREFIX)/lib
 includedir?=$(CONFIG_PREFIX)/include
 
@@ -206,6 +207,12 @@ INSTALL_LIB=\
 	install -d -m 755 "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)"; \
 	install -m 644 "$(LIB)" "$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/"
 
+# Install an app binary
+INSTALL_APP=\
+	$(Q)echo "  INSTALL $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(APP)"; \
+	install -d -m 755 "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)"; \
+	install -m 755 "$(APP)" "$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/"
+
 # Install a header
 INSTALL_HEADER=\
 	$(Q)echo "  INSTALL $@"; \