diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 11bf22d..bb1117e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-AUTO_DETECTED_GIT_EXEC_PATH := $(shell git --exec-path 2>/dev/null || echo /usr/libexec/git-core)
-GIT_EXEC_PATH=$(AUTO_DETECTED_GIT_EXEC_PATH)
+prefix=/usr/local
 
 # files that need mode 755
 EXEC_FILES=git-flow
@@ -20,11 +19,11 @@
 
 install:
 	@test -f gitflow-shFlags || (echo "Run 'git submodule init && git submodule update' first." ; exit 1 )
-	install -d -m 0755 $(GIT_EXEC_PATH)
-	install -m 0755 $(EXEC_FILES) $(GIT_EXEC_PATH)
-	install -m 0644 $(SCRIPT_FILES) $(GIT_EXEC_PATH)
+	install -d -m 0755 $(prefix)/bin
+	install -m 0755 $(EXEC_FILES) $(prefix)/bin
+	install -m 0644 $(SCRIPT_FILES) $(prefix)/bin
 
 uninstall:
-	test -d $(GIT_EXEC_PATH) && \
-	cd $(GIT_EXEC_PATH) && \
+	test -d $(prefix)/bin && \
+	cd $(prefix)/bin && \
 	rm -f $(EXEC_FILES) $(SCRIPT_FILES)
diff --git a/README.mdown b/README.mdown
index ed5be33..aabdb4d 100644
--- a/README.mdown
+++ b/README.mdown
@@ -21,15 +21,10 @@
 
 	$ sudo make install
 
-By default, this will look for the directory where Git is already installed,
-and install the git-flow extension alongside the other Git subcommands. If git
-is not on the system's `PATH`, it tries `/usr/libexec/git-core`. To explicitly
-override this setting in case you have installed Git in another location, use:
+By default, git-flow will be installed in /usr/local. To change the prefix
+where git-flow will be installed, simply specify it explicitly, using:
 
-	$ sudo make GIT_EXEC_PATH=/your/custom/path install
-
-You rarely need to override this manually, the default 'make install' should do
-fine.
+	$ sudo make prefix=/opt/local install
 
 Or simply point your `PATH` environment variable to your git-flow checkout
 directory.
diff --git a/git-flow-version b/git-flow-version
index cd5bb45..347e6f4 100644
--- a/git-flow-version
+++ b/git-flow-version
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2010 by Vincent Driessen
 # Copyright (c) 2010 by Benedikt Böhm
 #
-GITFLOW_VERSION=0.2
+GITFLOW_VERSION=0.2.1
 
 usage() {
 	echo "usage: git flow version"