diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0021dcdd..88481f11 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+MANDIR ?= /usr/share/man/man1/
 
 all: tippecanoe enumerate decode man/tippecanoe.1
 
 install: tippecanoe
 	mkdir -p $(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp tippecanoe $(PREFIX)/bin/tippecanoe
+	cp man/tippecanoe.1 $(MANDIR)
 
 man/tippecanoe.1: README.md
 	md2man-roff README.md > man/tippecanoe.1
diff --git a/man/tippecanoe.1 b/man/tippecanoe.1
index b782eb38..734eb3c4 100644
--- a/man/tippecanoe.1
+++ b/man/tippecanoe.1
@@ -183,7 +183,8 @@ lower resolutions before failing if it still doesn't fit.
 .PP
 Requires protoc (\fB\fCbrew install protobuf\fR or
 \fB\fCapt\-get install libprotobuf\-dev\fR and \fB\fCprotobuf\-compiler\fR),
-and sqlite3 (\fB\fCapt\-get install libsqlite3\-dev\fR). To build:
+\fB\fCmd2man\fR (\fB\fCgem install md2man\fR), and sqlite3 (\fB\fCapt\-get install libsqlite3\-dev\fR).
+To build:
 .PP
 .RS
 .nf