diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c7e2ff2b6..165bccacb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,3 +164,7 @@ endif()
 if(ENABLE_QRENDERDOC)
     add_subdirectory(qrenderdoc)
 endif()
+
+# install documentation files
+install (FILES scripts/LINUX_DIST_README DESTINATION share/doc/renderdoc RENAME README)
+install (FILES LICENSE.md DESTINATION share/doc/renderdoc)
diff --git a/renderdoc/CMakeLists.txt b/renderdoc/CMakeLists.txt
index 993a7bcad..0db85e751 100644
--- a/renderdoc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/renderdoc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ target_link_libraries(renderdoc ${RDOC_LIBRARIES})
 
 install (TARGETS renderdoc DESTINATION lib)
 
+# Copy in application API header to include
+install (FILES api/app/renderdoc_app.h DESTINATION include RENAME renderdoc.h)
+
 add_custom_command(TARGET renderdoc POST_BUILD
 	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/)
 add_custom_command(TARGET renderdoc POST_BUILD