diff --git a/man/Makefile b/man/Makefile
index 39950ee..ab4f0ec 100644
--- a/man/Makefile
+++ b/man/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+INSTALL = install
+
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 
 all:
 
 install:
-	cp faketime.1 "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/faketime.1"
+	$(INSTALL) -Dm0644 faketime.1 "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/faketime.1"
 	gzip "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/man/man1/faketime.1"
 
 uninstall:
diff --git a/meta/Makefile b/meta/Makefile
index d7a4b3c..148c4b3 100644
--- a/meta/Makefile
+++ b/meta/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+INSTALL = install
+
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 
 all:
 
 install:
-	-mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/doc/faketime"
-	cp ../README "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/doc/faketime/README"
-	cp Changelog "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/doc/faketime/Changelog"
+	$(INSTALL) -dm0755 "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/doc/faketime/"
+	$(INSTALL) -m0644 ../README "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/doc/faketime/README"
+	$(INSTALL) -m0644 Changelog "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/doc/faketime/Changelog"
 
 uninstall:
 	rm -f "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/share/doc/faketime/README"
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 54dcfa1..c3bb4ed 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #
 
 CC = gcc
+INSTALL = install
 
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 
@@ -72,9 +73,9 @@ distclean: clean
 install: ${LIBS}
 	@echo 
 	@echo "Copying the libraries to /usr/lib/faketime and the wrapper script to /usr/bin ..."
-	-mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/faketime"
-	cp ${LIBS} "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/faketime"
-	cp faketime "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin"
+	$(INSTALL) -dm0755 "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/faketime/"
+	$(INSTALL) -m0644 ${LIBS} "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/faketime/"
+	$(INSTALL) -Dm0755 faketime "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/faketime"
 
 uninstall:
 	for f in ${LIBS}; do rm -f "${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/lib/faketime/$$f"; done