diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 51b07b39ef3811141a7cf0383b85cd357daf60aa..34fc75f792d86f81fc9d78d9f09413c86a18d6f0 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,3 +72,15 @@ if (BUILD_UNIT_TEST)
 endif(BUILD_UNIT_TEST)
 
 add_custom_target(Clean-All COMMAND ${CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL} clean)
+
+#install
+install(FILES
+        start_server.sh
+        stop_server.sh
+        DESTINATION
+        scripts)
+install(FILES
+        conf/server_config.yaml
+        conf/vecwise_engine_log.conf
+        DESTINATION
+        conf)
diff --git a/cpp/build.sh b/cpp/build.sh
index 53486a45e26199554f4b5572c1f5f626211fa372..300175bfeebdf995430cb61cbba7673d4316ac0d 100755
--- a/cpp/build.sh
+++ b/cpp/build.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 BUILD_TYPE="Debug"
 BUILD_UNITTEST="off"
+INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/megasearch
 
 while getopts "p:t:uh" arg
 do
@@ -13,12 +14,16 @@ do
                 echo "Build and run unittest cases" ;
                 BUILD_UNITTEST="on";
                 ;;
+             p)
+                INSTALL_PREFIX=$OPTARG
+                ;;
              h) # help
                 echo "
 
 parameter:
 -t: build type
 -u: building unit test options
+-p: install prefix
 
 usage:
 ./build.sh -t \${BUILD_TYPE} [-u] [-h]
@@ -43,6 +48,7 @@ cd cmake_build
 CUDA_COMPILER=/usr/local/cuda/bin/nvcc
 
 CMAKE_CMD="cmake -DBUILD_UNIT_TEST=${BUILD_UNITTEST} \
+-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_PREFIX}
 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${BUILD_TYPE} \
 -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=${CUDA_COMPILER} \
 $@ ../"
@@ -56,3 +62,5 @@ if [[ ${BUILD_TYPE} != "Debug" ]]; then
     strip src/vecwise_server
 fi
 
+make install
+
diff --git a/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a073f096c223ac563232aa3bff0cb84f538d636c..f1a23c5c0d0f539abf91b4029d1ba225dd619c37 100644
--- a/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,3 +79,5 @@ set(license_generator_src
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/license/LicenseGenerator.cpp)
 
 add_executable(license_generator ${license_generator_src})
+
+install(TARGETS vecwise_server DESTINATION bin)