diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7f9793..5e177b7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@ Build & install the mediagraph library.
 ```shell
 bazel build --define MEDIAPIPE_DISABLE_GPU=1 mediapipe:libmediagraph.dylib
 sudo cp bazel-bin/mediapipe/libmediagraph.dylib /usr/local/lib/libmediagraph.dylib
+sudo cp mediapipe/mediagraph.h /usr/local/include/mediagraph.h
 ```
 
 #### linux (untested)
 
 ```shell
 bazel build --define MEDIAPIPE_DISABLE_GPU=1 mediapipe:mediagraph
-cp bazel-bin/mediapipe/libmediagraph.so /usr/local/lib/libmediagraph.so
+sudo cp bazel-bin/mediapipe/libmediagraph.so /usr/local/lib/libmediagraph.so
+sudo cp mediapipe/mediagraph.h /usr/local/include/mediagraph.h
 ```
 
 ### linking
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 67488ac..a34f8ed 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ fn main() {
         .clang_arg("-std=c++14")
         .clang_arg("-I/usr/local/include/opencv4")
         .generate_comments(true)
-        .header("./mediapipe/mediagraph.h")
+        .header("/usr/local/include/mediagraph.h")
         .allowlist_function("mediagraph.*")
         .allowlist_type("mediagraph.*")
         .allowlist_var("mediagraph.*")