diff --git a/.github/scripts/install.sh b/.github/scripts/install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9d94c494..00000000
--- a/.github/scripts/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-install -d /usr/local/bin/ /usr/local/share/man/man1/ /usr/local/share/man/man5/ /usr/local/share/man/man7/
-install -s -m 755 rgbasm rgblink rgbfix rgbgfx /usr/local/bin/
-install -m 644 rgbasm.1 rgblink.1 rgbfix.1 rgbgfx.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/
-install -m 644 rgbds.5 rgbasm.5 rgblink.5 rgbasm-old.5 /usr/local/share/man/man5/
-install -m 644 rgbds.7 gbz80.7 /usr/local/share/man/man7/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml
index d5457768..2871db17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-artifacts.yml
@@ -70,9 +70,12 @@ jobs:
           strip rgb{asm,link,fix,gfx}
         env:
           LDFLAGS: -fuse-ld=lld # cmake/macos-static.cmake comments explain why we use lld.
+      - name: Create install script
+        run: |
+          make install.sh
       - name: Package binaries
         run: |
-          zip --junk-paths rgbds-macos.zip rgb{asm,link,fix,gfx} man/* .github/scripts/install.sh
+          zip --junk-paths rgbds-macos.zip rgb{asm,link,fix,gfx} man/* install.sh
       - name: Upload macOS binaries
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
@@ -92,9 +95,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           make -kj WARNFLAGS="-Wall -Wextra -pedantic -static" PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config --static" Q=
           strip rgb{asm,link,fix,gfx}
+      - name: Create install script
+        run: |
+          make install.sh Q=
       - name: Package binaries
         run: |
-          tar caf rgbds-linux-x86_64.tar.xz --transform='s#.*/##' rgb{asm,link,fix,gfx} man/* .github/scripts/install.sh
+          tar caf rgbds-linux-x86_64.tar.xz --transform='s#.*/##' rgb{asm,link,fix,gfx} man/* install.sh
       - name: Upload Linux binaries
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
         with:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index be15d21b..f53fd04a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /rgblink
 /rgbfix
 /rgbgfx
+/install.sh
 /rgbshim.sh
 /coverage/
 *.o
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2b44fbba..ca8d2080 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 RUN ./.github/scripts/install_deps.sh debian
 RUN make -j CXXFLAGS="-O3 -flto -DNDEBUG -static" PKG_CONFIG="pkg-config --static" Q=
 
-# Create an archive with the compiled executables and all the necessary to install it,
+# Create the install script
+RUN make install.sh Q=
+
+# Create an archive with the compiled executables, man pages, and install script,
 # so it can be copied outside of the container and installed/used in another system
-RUN tar caf rgbds-linux-x86_64.tar.xz --transform='s#.*/##' rgbasm rgblink rgbfix rgbgfx man/* .github/scripts/install.sh
+RUN tar caf rgbds-linux-x86_64.tar.xz --transform='s#.*/##' rgbasm rgblink rgbfix rgbgfx man/* install.sh
 
 # Install RGBDS on the container so all the executables will be available in the PATH
 RUN cp man/* .
-RUN ./.github/scripts/install.sh
+RUN make install Q=
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ac0f0ac9..5e3ec98c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ SUFFIX  :=
 STRIP   := -s
 BINMODE := 755
 MANMODE := 644
+MANSRC  := man/
 
 # Other variables
 
@@ -184,6 +185,11 @@ src/gfx/rgba.o: src/gfx/rgba.cpp
 .cpp.o:
 	$Q${CXX} ${REALCXXFLAGS} -c -o $@ $<
 
+install.sh:
+	$Qecho '#!/usr/bin/env bash' > $@
+	$Q${MAKE} -s -n install MANSRC= >> $@
+	$Qchmod +x $@
+
 # Target used to remove all files generated by other Makefile targets
 clean:
 	$Q${RM} rgbasm rgbasm.exe
@@ -192,7 +198,7 @@ clean:
 	$Q${RM} rgbgfx rgbgfx.exe
 	$Qfind src/ -name "*.o" -exec rm {} \;
 	$Qfind . -type f \( -name "*.gcno" -o -name "*.gcda" -o -name "*.gcov" \) -exec rm {} \;
-	$Q${RM} rgbshim.sh
+	$Q${RM} install.sh rgbshim.sh
 	$Q${RM} src/asm/parser.cpp src/asm/parser.hpp src/asm/stack.hh
 	$Q${RM} src/link/script.cpp src/link/script.hpp src/link/stack.hh
 	$Q${RM} test/gfx/randtilegen test/gfx/rgbgfx_test
@@ -204,9 +210,9 @@ install: all
 	$Qinstall ${STRIP} -m ${BINMODE} rgblink ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/rgblink${SUFFIX}
 	$Qinstall ${STRIP} -m ${BINMODE} rgbfix ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/rgbfix${SUFFIX}
 	$Qinstall ${STRIP} -m ${BINMODE} rgbgfx ${DESTDIR}${bindir}/rgbgfx${SUFFIX}
-	$Qinstall -m ${MANMODE} man/rgbasm.1 man/rgblink.1 man/rgbfix.1 man/rgbgfx.1 ${DESTDIR}${mandir}/man1/
-	$Qinstall -m ${MANMODE} man/rgbds.5 man/rgbasm.5 man/rgbasm-old.5 man/rgblink.5 ${DESTDIR}${mandir}/man5/
-	$Qinstall -m ${MANMODE} man/rgbds.7 man/gbz80.7 ${DESTDIR}${mandir}/man7/
+	$Qinstall -m ${MANMODE} ${MANSRC}rgbasm.1 ${MANSRC}rgblink.1 ${MANSRC}rgbfix.1 ${MANSRC}rgbgfx.1 ${DESTDIR}${mandir}/man1/
+	$Qinstall -m ${MANMODE} ${MANSRC}rgbds.5 ${MANSRC}rgbasm.5 ${MANSRC}rgbasm-old.5 ${MANSRC}rgblink.5 ${DESTDIR}${mandir}/man5/
+	$Qinstall -m ${MANMODE} ${MANSRC}rgbds.7 ${MANSRC}gbz80.7 ${DESTDIR}${mandir}/man7/
 
 # Target used to check for suspiciously missing changed files.
 checkdiff: