diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b71cee..3ae4910 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
 project(tox-weechat)
-
 add_definitions(-std=c11)
 
 add_library(tox SHARED
@@ -14,9 +13,15 @@ add_library(tox SHARED
     src/tox-weechat-friend-requests.c
 )
 
+if (PREFIX)
+    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX ${PREFIX})
+else()
+    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /usr/local/lib/weechat)
+endif()
+
 # remove lib prefix
 set_target_properties(tox PROPERTIES PREFIX "")
 
 target_link_libraries(tox toxcore)
 
-install(FILES build/tox.so DESTINATION ~/.weechat/plugins)
+install(FILES build/tox.so DESTINATION plugins)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c29c829..3ac32a5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@ Installation
 
 Tox-WeeChat requires [libtoxcore][3] to work. After getting it, install Tox-WeeChat like this:
 
-    git clone https://github.com/haavardp/tox-weechat.git
-    cd tox-weechat
-    mkdir build
-    cd build
+    $ git clone https://github.com/haavardp/tox-weechat.git
+    $ cd tox-weechat
+    $ mkdir build
+    $ cd build
 
-    cmake ..
-    make install
+    $ cmake ..
+    $ make install
 
-This places `tox.so` in `~/.weechat/plugins`.
+This places `tox.so` in `/usr/local/lib/weechat/plugins`. If you don't have root access or otherwise would like to install it locally, replace the cmake command above with this one: `cmake -DPREFIX=$HOME/.weechat ..`.
 
 Usage
 -----
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ License
 
 Tox-WeeChat is licensed under the MIT license. For more information, see the LICENSE file.
 
-Copyright (C) 2014 Håvard Pettersson <haavard.pettersson@gmail.com>.
+Copyright (c) 2014 Håvard Pettersson <haavard.pettersson@gmail.com>.
 
 [1]: http://weechat.org
 [2]: http://tox.im