diff --git a/c_api/CMakeLists.txt b/c_api/CMakeLists.txt
index a67d0f9ee6..2a7108981c 100644
--- a/c_api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/c_api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ set(FAISS_C_SRC
 )
 add_library(faiss_c ${FAISS_C_SRC})
 target_link_libraries(faiss_c PRIVATE faiss)
+install(TARGETS faiss_c
+  EXPORT faiss-targets
+  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
+)
 
 function(faiss_install_headers headers p)
   foreach(h ${headers})