diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index a255ac719..7bcd05904 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1) # for CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-
+macro(ncnn_install_tool toolname)
+    install(TARGETS ${toolname} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+endmacro()
 if(MSVC)
     # warning C4018: '<': signed/unsigned mismatch
     # warning C4244: 'argument': conversion from 'uint64_t' to 'const unsigned int', possible loss of data
@@ -36,3 +38,6 @@ add_executable(ncnnmerge ncnnmerge.cpp)
 set_property(TARGET ncnn2mem PROPERTY FOLDER "tools")
 set_property(TARGET ncnnoptimize PROPERTY FOLDER "tools")
 set_property(TARGET ncnnmerge PROPERTY FOLDER "tools")
+ncnn_install_tool(ncnn2mem)
+ncnn_install_tool(ncnnmerge)
+ncnn_install_tool(ncnnoptimize)
diff --git a/tools/caffe/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/caffe/CMakeLists.txt
index 42c5e4c2e..733ec1a62 100644
--- a/tools/caffe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/caffe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if(PROTOBUF_FOUND)
 
     # add all caffe2ncnn tool to a virtual project group
     set_property(TARGET caffe2ncnn PROPERTY FOLDER "tools/converter")
+    ncnn_install_tool(caffe2ncnn)
 else()
     message(WARNING "Protobuf not found, caffe model convert tool won't be built")
 endif()
diff --git a/tools/darknet/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/darknet/CMakeLists.txt
index f2269f79d..7475a3726 100644
--- a/tools/darknet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/darknet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 add_executable(darknet2ncnn darknet2ncnn.cpp)
 set_property(TARGET darknet2ncnn PROPERTY FOLDER "tools/converter")
+ncnn_install_tool(darknet2ncnn)
diff --git a/tools/mlir/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
index cf4e490f0..42a011553 100644
--- a/tools/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ target_link_libraries(mlir2ncnn
     MLIRStandard
     MLIRTransforms
 )
+ncnn_install_tool(mlir2ncnn)
diff --git a/tools/mxnet/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/mxnet/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f29de31b..20a5de39f 100644
--- a/tools/mxnet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/mxnet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ add_executable(mxnet2ncnn mxnet2ncnn.cpp)
 
 # add all mxnet2ncnn tool to a virtual project group
 set_property(TARGET mxnet2ncnn PROPERTY FOLDER "tools/converter")
+ncnn_install_tool(mxnet2ncnn)
diff --git a/tools/onnx/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/onnx/CMakeLists.txt
index 780902916..f78c3f8ee 100644
--- a/tools/onnx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/onnx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if(PROTOBUF_FOUND)
 
     # add all onnx2ncnn tool to a virtual project group
     set_property(TARGET onnx2ncnn PROPERTY FOLDER "tools/converter")
+    ncnn_install_tool(onnx2ncnn)
 else()
     message(WARNING "Protobuf not found, onnx model convert tool won't be built")
 endif()
diff --git a/tools/quantize/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
index 596bff061..1aa34bb5a 100644
--- a/tools/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/quantize/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@ target_link_libraries(ncnn2int8 PRIVATE ncnn)
 
 # add ncnn2int8 tool to a virtual project group
 set_property(TARGET ncnn2int8 PROPERTY FOLDER "tools/optimization")
+ncnn_install_tool(ncnn2table)
+ncnn_install_tool(ncnn2int8)