diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61c978e3831c27a2feb12b4c5cef39aa4120db1f..1b2434a3f77ee3755966fc8bb6d3ad844b209cef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,41 @@
 project(qhull)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4)
-if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW)
-endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+
+
+set(QHULL_VERSION "2010.1.next")
+
+if(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR)
+else()
+set(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
+endif()
+if(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)
+else()
+set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)
+endif()
+if(BIN_INSTALL_DIR)
+else()
+set(BIN_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
+endif()
+if(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)
+else()
+set(DOC_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/doc/packages/qhull)
+endif()
+
+message(STATUS)
+message(STATUS "========== qhull Build Information ==========")
+message(STATUS "Build Version: ${QHULL_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "Install Prefix (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX): ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+message(STATUS "Binary Directory (BIN_INSTALL_DIR): ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}")
+message(STATUS "Library Directory (LIB_INSTALL_DIR): ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}")
+message(STATUS "Include Directory (INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR): ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}")
+message(STATUS "Documentation Directory (DOC_INSTALL_DIR): ${DOC_INSTALL_DIR}")
+message(STATUS)
+message(STATUS "To change any of these options, override them using -D{OPTION_NAME} on the commandline.")
+message(STATUS "To build and install qhull, run \"make\" and \"make install\"")
+message(STATUS)
+
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
-install(DIRECTORY html DESTINATION share/doc/qhull)
+
+install(DIRECTORY html/ DESTINATION ${DOC_INSTALL_DIR})
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 45e246ed3b1875f2b40a2e06ef559b02b601922b..e1b244d3279d120c0a0010e8c3b1270c9c0289a0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ target_link_libraries(qhull m)
 if(UNIX)
 	if(APPLE)
 		set_target_properties(qhull PROPERTIES 
-			INSTALL_NAME_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+			INSTALL_NAME_DIR "${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}")
 	else(APPLE)
 		set_target_properties(qhull PROPERTIES 
-			INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib"
+			INSTALL_RPATH "${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}"
 			INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE
 			BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH FALSE)
 	endif(APPLE)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ add_executable(qhalf ${qhalf_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(qhalf qhull)
 
 install(TARGETS qhull qhullstatic qhullcmd rbox qconvex qdelaunay qvoronoi qhalf
-	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-	LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-	ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
-install(FILES libqhull.h DESTINATION include)
+	RUNTIME DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR} 
+	LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
+	ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
+install(FILES libqhull.h DESTINATION ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR})