diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 51129216..18d2e41f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ calendar_micro_version = version_array[2].to_int()
 
 calendar_prefix = get_option('prefix')
 calendar_bindir = join_paths(calendar_prefix, get_option('bindir'))
+calendar_libdir = join_paths(calendar_prefix, get_option('libdir'))
 calendar_localedir = join_paths(calendar_prefix, get_option('localedir'))
 calendar_datadir = join_paths(calendar_prefix, get_option('datadir'))
 calendar_pkgdatadir = join_paths(calendar_datadir, meson.project_name())
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 648660c3..f45e88c0 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ libgcal = shared_library(
                'gcal',
               sources: sources,
   include_directories: incs,
-         dependencies: libgcal_deps
+         dependencies: libgcal_deps,
+              install: true,
+          install_dir: calendar_libdir
 )
 
 libgcal_dep = declare_dependency(