diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f96d994..d4aa573 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ SPECFILE=versioners.spec
 ifndef RHEL_VERSION
 	RHEL_VERSION=5
 endif
+ifndef PREFIX
+	PREFIX=/usr
+endif
 ifeq ($(RHEL_VERSION),5)
 	MOCKFLAGS=--define "_source_filedigest_algorithm md5" --define "_binary_filedigest_algorithm md5"
 endif
@@ -75,21 +78,21 @@ $(RHEL_DISTFILE): $(DISTFILE)
 	/usr/bin/mock --verbose -r epel-$(RHEL_VERSION)-noarch ./dist/$(SRPM) --resultdir ./dist/ --define "version $(VERSION)" --define "release $(RHEL_RELEASE)"
 
 uninstall:
-	rm -f $(PREFIX)/usr/bin/taggit.sh
-	rm -f $(PREFIX)/usr/bin/taghg.sh
-	rm -f $(PREFIX)/usr/bin/gitversion.sh
-	rm -f $(PREFIX)/usr/bin/hgversion.sh
+	rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/taggit.sh
+	rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/taghg.sh
+	rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/gitversion.sh
+	rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/hgversion.sh
 
 
 install:
-	mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/usr/bin
-	install ./gitversion.sh $(PREFIX)/usr/bin/gitversion.sh
-	install ./hgversion.sh $(PREFIX)/usr/bin/hgversion.sh
-	install ./taggit.sh $(PREFIX)/usr/bin/taggit.sh
-	install ./taghg.sh $(PREFIX)/usr/bin/taghg.sh
+	mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/bin
+	install ./gitversion.sh $(PREFIX)/bin/gitversion.sh
+	install ./hgversion.sh $(PREFIX)/bin/hgversion.sh
+	install ./taggit.sh $(PREFIX)/bin/taggit.sh
+	install ./taghg.sh $(PREFIX)/bin/taghg.sh
 
 MANIFEST:
-	echo /usr/bin/gitversion.sh > MANIFEST
-	echo /usr/bin/hgversion.sh >> MANIFEST
-	echo /usr/bin/taggit.sh >> MANIFEST
-	echo /usr/bin/taghg.sh >> MANIFEST
+	echo $(PREFIX)/bin/gitversion.sh > MANIFEST
+	echo $(PREFIX)/bin/hgversion.sh >> MANIFEST
+	echo $(PREFIX)/bin/taggit.sh >> MANIFEST
+	echo $(PREFIX)/bin/taghg.sh >> MANIFEST
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 12e07f0..7665643 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Versioners
 ==========
 
-[![Build Status](http://jenkins.aklabs.net/buildStatus/icon?job=versioners-test)](http://jenkins.aklabs.net/view/versioners/job/versioners-test/)
-
 This is a set of scripts that I use for automatically tagging, and generating version/build metadata for, mercurial and git projects. They provide your automation with quite a bit of information about the version being built, where it is built, and who built it. They also generate automatic changelogs for you.
 
 Assumptions
@@ -40,6 +38,19 @@ OS_VERSION will contain the version number of the OS_NAME in question, except fo
 
 These don't support debian yet - feel free to submit a patch.
 
+Installing
+==========
+
+```
+make install
+```
+
+The default location is in `/usr`. To change the installation location specify `PREFIX`
+
+```
+PREFIX=/custom/location make install
+```
+
 Generate a version
 ==================