diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cd047c92a..faf9a0519 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 build/
 build-static/
 debug/
+dist/
 build.log
 data/*
 thirdparty/include/*
diff --git a/build.bat b/build.bat
index 6a85c9244..8ac7cd923 100644
--- a/build.bat
+++ b/build.bat
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ shift
 goto parse_cmdline_options
 :end_parsing_cmdline_options
 
+set DIST_DIR=%RIME_ROOT%\dist
 set THIRDPARTY=%RIME_ROOT%\thirdparty
 
 rem set CURL=%THIRDPARTY%\bin\curl.exe
@@ -197,7 +198,8 @@ set RIME_CMAKE_FLAGS=-G%CMAKE_GENERATOR%^
  -DBUILD_TEST=%build_test%^
  -DENABLE_LOGGING=%enable_logging%^
  -DBOOST_USE_CXX11=ON^
- -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Release"
+ -DCMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES="Release"^
+ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="%DIST_DIR%"
 
 cd /d %RIME_ROOT%
 echo cmake %RIME_ROOT% -B%build% %RIME_CMAKE_FLAGS%
@@ -206,12 +208,9 @@ if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 goto ERROR
 
 echo.
 echo building librime.
-cmake --build build --config Release
+cmake --build build --config Release --target INSTALL
 if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 goto ERROR
 
-mkdir build\include
-copy /y src\*.h build\include
-
 echo.
 echo ready.
 echo.
diff --git a/xcode.mk b/xcode.mk
index 4831c1a67..5beeae52a 100644
--- a/xcode.mk
+++ b/xcode.mk
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 RIME_ROOT = $(CURDIR)
 
+RIME_DIST_DIR = $(RIME_ROOT)/dist
+
 RIME_COMPILER_OPTIONS = CC=clang CXX=clang++ \
 CXXFLAGS="-stdlib=libc++" LDFLAGS="-stdlib=libc++"
 
-.PHONY: all release debug clean test thirdparty
+.PHONY: all release debug clean distclean test thirdparty
 
 all: release
 
 release:
 	cmake . -Bbuild -GXcode \
 	-DBUILD_STATIC=ON \
-	-DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON
+	-DCMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH=ON \
+	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$(RIME_DIST_DIR)"
 	cmake --build build --config Release
 
 debug:
@@ -26,6 +29,12 @@ clean:
 	rm -f thirdparty/lib/* > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
 	make -f thirdparty.mk clean-src
 
+dist: release
+	cmake --build build --config Release --target install
+
+distclean: clean
+	rm -rf "$(RIME_DIST)" > /dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
 test: release
 	(cd build/test; LD_LIBRARY_PATH=../lib/Release Release/rime_test)