diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..decb2527
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Warning: this CMakeLists has been created only for supporting
+# `cmake --install` && find_package(CPM) workflow. If you don't
+# use it, then this file is not required, just download CPM.cmake
+# as written in README.md.
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15) # minimal for `cmake --install`
+include(cmake/CPM.cmake) # extract version
+project(CPM LANGUAGES NONE)
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/CPM.cmake DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cmake/CPM)
+
+# CPM-config.cmake stub
+file(CONFIGURE OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CPM-config.cmake CONTENT [=[
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CPM.cmake)
+set(CPM_FOUND ON)
+]=] @ONLY)	
+
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/CPM-config.cmake DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cmake/CPM)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33fbbc89..da3b8f8e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ wget -O cmake/CPM.cmake https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake/releases/latest/d
 
 You can also download CPM.cmake directly from your project's `CMakeLists.txt`. See the [wiki](https://github.com/cpm-cmake/CPM.cmake/wiki/Downloading-CPM.cmake-in-CMake) for more details.
 
+### cmake --install workflow
+You can also clone this repo and install the CPM.cmake into your prefix via `cmake -S . -B build && cmake --install build --prefix <your-cmake-install-prefix>`.
+
 ## Usage
 
 After `CPM.cmake` has been [added](#adding-cpm) to your project, the function `CPMAddPackage` can be used to fetch and configure a dependency.