diff --git a/contrib/telodendria.rc b/contrib/telodendria.rc
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bd85315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/telodendria.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/ksh
+
+daemon="/usr/local/bin/telodendria"
+daemon_timeout=5
+
+. /etc/rc.d/rc.subr
+
+rc_bg=YES
+rc_stop_signal=INT
+
+rc_cmd $1
diff --git a/tools/bin/td b/tools/bin/td
index e061e98..0dccbc5 100644
--- a/tools/bin/td
+++ b/tools/bin/td
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 : "${LDFLAGS:=-lm -pthread -static -flto -fdata-sections -ffunction-sections -s -Wl,-static -Wl,-gc-sections}"
 : "${PROG:=telodendria}"
 
+: "${PREFIX:=/usr/local}"
+
 # If a .env file exists in the current directory, we load it.
 # As Telodendria's build infrastructure relies heavily on
 # environment variables, we allow users to specify their
@@ -98,6 +100,29 @@ recipe_build() {
 	fi
 }
 
+recipe_install() {
+	cp -v "build/$PROG" "$PREFIX/bin/$PROG"
+	cp -v "contrib/production.conf" "/etc/telodendria.conf"
+	cp -v "contrib/telodendria.rc" "/etc/rc.d/telodendria"
+
+	mkdir "/var/telodendria"
+	useradd _telodendria
+	chown "_telodendria:_telodendria" "/var/telodendria"
+
+	find man -name 'telodendria*\.[1-8]' -exec cp -v {} "$PREFIX/{}" \;
+}
+
+recipe_uninstall() {
+	rm -v "$PREFIX/bin/$PROG"
+	rm -v "/etc/telodendria.conf"
+	rm -v "/etc/rc.d/telodendria"
+
+	userdel "_telodendria"
+	groupdel "_telodendria"
+
+	find "$PREFIX/man" -name 'telodendria*\.[1-8]' -delete
+}
+
 recipe_run() {
 	if [ -f "build/$PROG" ]; then
 		"build/$PROG" -f contrib/development.conf