diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.md b/doc/INSTALL.md
index 29c9889194866fd66a256374e406a799cdd2dd7b..65fc5f3b48adc256f6143d72494e23faae1d3367 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL.md
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ There are no other dependencies other than `git`, `ronn` and a POSIX shell.
 
 	sudo make install
 
+## Installing without root privileges ##
+
+	make install DESTDIR=/home/myuser/local
+
+or simply copy the shell script into any place you like, e.g. `~/bin`
+
 
 # Uninstalling #