2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
index 1fe8884d4..76ea5bbfc 100644
--- a/doc/meson.build
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 install_subdir('handbook/html',
-               install_dir: get_option('datadir')+'/doc',
+               install_dir: docdir/'handbook',
                strip_directory: false)
 install_data('handbook/texinfo/gnunet.texi',
              install_dir: get_option('infodir'))
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e7c4a8eb1..10e5a5fc6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ r = run_command('sh', 'contrib/get_version.sh', '--micro', check: true)
 cdata.set('gnunet_micro_version', r.stdout().strip())
 
 pkgcfgdir = get_option('datadir')/'gnunet'/'config.d'
+docdir = get_option('datadir')/'doc'/'gnunet'
+
+install_emptydir(docdir)
+install_data('README', 'COPYING', install_dir: docdir)
 
 # TODO: Set to true to build a single libgnunet
 if get_option('monolith')