diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea392a60..a6c93071 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
 * Section to [README.md](README.md) describing how to programmatically
   identify foot.
+* [LICENSE](LICENSE), [README.md](README.md) and
+  [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) are now installed to
+  `${datadir}/doc/foot`.
 
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0977e3c5..493b4392 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -148,7 +148,12 @@ custom_target(
   install: true,
   install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'terminfo'))
 
-install_data('foot.desktop', 'foot-server.desktop', install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications'))
+install_data(
+  'LICENSE', 'README.md', 'CHANGELOG.md',
+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'doc', 'foot'))
+install_data(
+  'foot.desktop', 'foot-server.desktop',
+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'applications'))
 install_data('footrc', install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'foot'))
 
 subdir('completions')