diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f68546de..e59af49c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -151,17 +151,10 @@ executable(
   'log.c', 'log.h', version,
   install: true)
 
-custom_target(
-  'terminfo',
-  output: 'f',
-  input: 'foot.info',
-  command: ['tic', '-x', '-o', '@OUTDIR@', '-e', 'foot,foot-direct', '@INPUT@'],
-  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('footrc', install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'foot'))
+install_data('footrc')
 
+subdir('terminfo')
 subdir('completions')
 subdir('doc')
 
diff --git a/foot.info b/terminfo/foot.info
similarity index 100%
rename from foot.info
rename to terminfo/foot.info
diff --git a/terminfo/meson.build b/terminfo/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..129b72ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terminfo/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+tic = find_program('tic', native: true)
+
+tic_generated = custom_target(
+  'terminfo',
+  output: 'f',
+  input: 'foot.info',
+  command: [tic, '-x', '-o', '@OUTDIR@', '-e', 'foot,foot-direct', '@INPUT@'],
+  install: false,
+  install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'terminfo'))
+
+foreach terminfo : ['foot', 'foot-direct']
+  custom_target(
+    'terminfo-@0@'.format(terminfo),
+    output: terminfo,
+    input: tic_generated,
+    command: ['cp', join_paths('@INPUT@', terminfo), '@OUTPUT@'],
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'terminfo', 'f'))
+endforeach