diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a7891a0a..56e8739b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ if (OPENDHT_C)
     )
     install (TARGETS opendht-c DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} EXPORT opendht-c)
     install (FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/opendht-c.pc DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
+    install (FILES c/opendht_c.h DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
 endif ()
 
 if (OPENDHT_TOOLS)