diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 85d148e..0c7ca8b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ ${OBJDIR}/%.o: %.c ${DEPS}
 	${CC} -c -o $@ $< ${CFLAGS}
 
 ${app}: ${OBJ}
-	${CC} -o $@ $^ ${CFLAGS}
+	${CC} -o ${BUILDDIR}/$@ $^ ${CFLAGS}
 
 clean:
 	@unset -f rm
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ clean:
 
 install: rush
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
-	cp -f ${app} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
+	cp -f ${BUILDDIR}/${app} ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin
 	chmod 755 ${DESTDIR}${PREFIX}/bin/${app}
 
 uninstall:
diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
index a20be45..6ff729b 100644
--- a/config.mk
+++ b/config.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 PREFIX = ~/.local
 INCDIR = include
 OBJDIR = obj
+BUILDDIR = build
 
 # includes
 INCS = -I${INCDIR}