diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0793928..54f60ec 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18)
 project(
-  conflict-set
+  conflict_set
   VERSION 0.0.1
   DESCRIPTION "A data structure for detecting mvcc read-write conflicts in a keyspace of lexicographically-ordered byte sequences."
   LANGUAGES C CXX)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 
+set(DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE "Release")
+
+if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+  message(STATUS "Setting build type to '${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}' as none was specified.")
+  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${DEFAULT_BUILD_TYPE}" CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
+  # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui
+  set_property(CACHE CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "Debug" "Release" "MinSizeRel" "RelWithDebInfo")
+endif()
+
 add_compile_options(-fdata-sections -ffunction-sections)
 if(APPLE)
   add_link_options(-Wl,-dead_strip)
@@ -17,7 +26,6 @@ include(CheckIncludeFileCXX)
 include(CMakePushCheckState)
 
 cmake_push_check_state()
-# Fall back to non-simd implementations if avx isn't available
 list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS -mavx)
 check_include_file_cxx("immintrin.h" HAS_AVX)
 if(HAS_AVX)
@@ -31,8 +39,7 @@ if (HAS_ARM_NEON)
   add_compile_definitions(HAS_ARM_NEON)
 endif()
 
-add_library(conflict_set SHARED ConflictSet.cpp)
-target_include_directories(conflict_set PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ConflictSet.cpp)
 target_compile_options(conflict_set PRIVATE -fPIC -fno-exceptions -fvisibility=hidden)
 target_link_options(conflict_set PRIVATE $<$<NOT:$<CONFIG:Debug>>: -nodefaultlibs -lc>)
 
@@ -95,3 +102,23 @@ target_link_libraries(conflict_set_cxx_api_test PRIVATE conflict_set)
 set_property(TARGET conflict_set_c_api_test PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 98)
 set_property(TARGET conflict_set_c_api_test PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 add_test(NAME conflict_set_cxx_api_test COMMAND conflict_set_cxx_api_test)
+
+# packaging
+
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}>)
+
+set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
+    VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
+    SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR})
+
+install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME} EXPORT ConflictSetConfig
+    ARCHIVE  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    LIBRARY  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    RUNTIME  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+install(DIRECTORY include/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
+
+install(EXPORT ConflictSetConfig DESTINATION share/ConflictSet/cmake)