diff --git a/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl b/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
index 7a6a58f44bfde0488a5f171d095c8737eb5ebebc..cdc4436f5c8ba73e6c71ee476a8e2ac47446c79a 100644
--- a/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/windows-makefile.tmpl
@@ -11,6 +11,19 @@
  our $shlibextimport = $target{shared_import_extension} || ".lib";
  our $dsoext = $target{dso_extension} || ".dll";
 
+ my $win_installenv =
+     $target{build_scheme}->[2] eq "VC-W32" ?
+     "ProgramFiles(x86)" : "ProgramW6432";
+ my $win_commonenv =
+     $target{build_scheme}->[2] eq "VC-W32"
+     ? "CommonProgramFiles(x86)" : "CommonProgramW6432";
+ our $win_installroot =
+     defined($ENV{$win_installenv})
+     ? '%'.$win_installenv.'%' : '%ProgramFiles%';
+ our $win_commonroot =
+     defined($ENV{$win_commonenv})
+     ? '%'.$win_commonenv.'%' : '%CommonProgramFiles%';
+
  sub shlib {
      return () if $disabled{shared};
      my $lib = shift;
@@ -56,7 +69,7 @@ DEPS={- join(" ", map { (my $x = $_) =~ s|\.o$|$depext|; $x; }
 # to change this!  Short explanation in the top comment in Configure
 INSTALLTOP={- # $prefix is used in the OPENSSLDIR perl snippet
 	      #
-	      our $prefix = $config{prefix} || "/usr/local";
+	      our $prefix = $config{prefix} || "$win_installroot\\OpenSSL";
               $prefix -}
 OPENSSLDIR={- #
 	      # The logic here is that if no --openssldir was given,
@@ -73,16 +86,9 @@ OPENSSLDIR={- #
                       (file_name_is_absolute($config{openssldir}) ?
                            $config{openssldir}
                            : catdir($prefix, $config{openssldir}))
-                      : catdir($prefix, "ssl");
+                      : "$win_commonroot\\SSL";
               $openssldir -}
-LIBDIR={- #
-          # if $prefix/lib$target{multilib} is not an existing
-          # directory, then assume that it's not searched by linker
-          # automatically, in which case adding $target{multilib} suffix
-          # causes more grief than we're ready to tolerate, so don't...
-          our $multilib =
-              -d "$prefix/lib$target{multilib}" ? $target{multilib} : "";
-          our $libdir = $config{libdir} || "lib$multilib";
+LIBDIR={- our $libdir = $config{libdir} || "lib";
           $libdir -}
 ENGINESDIR={- use File::Spec::Functions;
               our $enginesdir = catdir($prefix,$libdir,"engines");
@@ -139,6 +145,10 @@ list-tests:
 	@set PERL=$(PERL)
 	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\test\run_tests.pl list
 
+install: install_sw install_ssldirs install_docs
+
+uninstall: uninstall_docs uninstall_sw
+
 libclean:
 	del /Q /F $(LIBS) $(SHLIBS)
 	del lib.pdb
@@ -155,6 +165,53 @@ clean: libclean
 
 depend:
 
+# Install helper targets #############################################
+
+install_sw: all install_dev install_engines install_runtime
+
+uninstall_sw: uninstall_runtime uninstall_engines uninstall_dev
+
+install_docs:
+
+uninstall_docs:
+
+install_ssldirs:
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\mkdir-p.pl $(DESTDIR)$(OPENSSLDIR)\certs
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\mkdir-p.pl $(DESTDIR)$(OPENSSLDIR)\private
+
+install_dev:
+	@if "$(INSTALLTOP)"=="" ( echo INSTALLTOP should not be empty & exit 1 )
+	@echo *** Installing development files
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\mkdir-p.pl "$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)\include\openssl"
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\copy.pl $(SRCDIR)\include\openssl\*.h \
+				       "$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)\include\openssl"
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\copy.pl $(BLDDIR)\include\openssl\*.h \
+				       "$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)\include\openssl"
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\mkdir-p.pl "$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)\$(LIBDIR)"
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\copy.pl $(LIBS) \
+				       "$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)\$(LIBDIR)"
+
+uninstall_dev:
+
+install_engines:
+	@if "$(INSTALLTOP)"=="" ( echo INSTALLTOP should not be empty & exit 1 )
+	@echo *** Installing engines
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\mkdir-p.pl "$(DESTDIR)$(ENGINESDIR)"
+	@if not "$(ENGINES)"=="" \
+	 $(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\copy.pl $(ENGINES) "$(DESTDIR)$(ENGINESDIR)"
+
+uninstall_engines:
+
+install_runtime:
+	@if "$(INSTALLTOP)"=="" ( echo INSTALLTOP should not be empty & exit 1 )
+	@echo *** Installing runtime files
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\mkdir-p.pl "$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)\bin"
+	@if not "$(SHLIBS)"=="" \
+	 $(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\copy.pl $(SHLIBS) "$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)\bin"
+	@$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)\util\copy.pl $(PROGRAMS) "$(DESTDIR)$(INSTALLTOP)\bin"
+
+uninstall_runtime:
+
 # Building targets ###################################################
 
 configdata.pm: {- $config{build_file_template} -} $(SRCDIR)\Configure
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 36d93e7580445bdfedfcdda848c2f2345c3318b6..2377449dbb9ce3d3d1e7125167a24b53aa8735a0 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     $ perl Configure { VC-WIN32 | VC-WIN64A | VC-WIN64I | VC-CE }
     $ nmake
     $ nmake test
+    $ nmake install
 
  [If any of these steps fails, see section Installation in Detail below.]
 
@@ -74,17 +75,23 @@
  ---------------------
 
  There are several options to ./config (or ./Configure) to customize
- the build:
+ the build (note that for Windows, the defaults for --prefix and
+ --openssldir depend in what configuration is used and what Windows
+ implementation OpenSSL is built on.  More notes on this in NOTES.WIN):
 
   --prefix=DIR     The top of the installation directory tree.  Defaults are:
 
                    Unix:           /usr/local
+                   Windows:        C:\Program Files\OpenSSL
+                                or C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenSSL
                    OpenVMS:        SYS$COMMON:[OPENSSL-'version']
 
   --openssldir=DIR Directory for OpenSSL configuration files, and also the
                    default certificate and key store.  Defaults are:
 
                    Unix:           PREFIX/ssl (PREFIX is given by --prefix)
+                   Windows:        C:\Program Files\Common Files\SSL
+                                or C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\SSL
                    OpenVMS:        SYS$COMMON:[SSL]
 
   --api=x.y.z      Don't build with support for deprecated APIs below the
diff --git a/NOTES.WIN b/NOTES.WIN
index 969923914ae9bd9ab5270647f3bb201b8ae62b65..af924c85b21541295fbe6154b057839445988657 100644
--- a/NOTES.WIN
+++ b/NOTES.WIN
@@ -22,6 +22,31 @@
    supported.
 
 
+ Visual C++ (native Windows)
+ ---------------------------
+
+ Installation directories
+
+ The default installation directories are derived from environment
+ variables.
+
+ For VC-WIN32, the following defaults are use:
+
+     PREFIX:      %ProgramFiles(86)%\OpenSSL
+     OPENSSLDIR:  %CommonProgramFiles(86)%\SSL
+
+ For VC-WIN32, the following defaults are use:
+
+     PREFIX:      %ProgramW6432%\OpenSSL
+     OPENSSLDIR:  %CommonProgramW6432%\SSL
+
+ Should those environment variables not exist (on a pure Win32
+ installation for examples), these fallbacks are used:
+
+     PREFIX:      %ProgramFiles%\OpenSSL
+     OPENSSLDIR:  %CommonProgramFiles%\SSL
+
+
  GNU C (Cygwin)
  --------------
 
@@ -54,7 +79,7 @@
  with "conventional" Windows binaries you generate with/for MinGW.
 
  GNU C (MinGW/MSYS)
- -------------
+ ------------------
 
  * Compiler and shell environment installation: