diff --git a/src/cam/meson.build b/src/cam/meson.build
index 1a1244fe25cd..851295091d0d 100644
--- a/src/cam/meson.build
+++ b/src/cam/meson.build
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ cam_sources = files([
 
 cam  = executable('cam', cam_sources,
                   link_with : libcamera,
+                  install : true,
                   include_directories : libcamera_includes)
diff --git a/src/qcam/meson.build b/src/qcam/meson.build
index 3d8b1b3b759d..56b57a266b29 100644
--- a/src/qcam/meson.build
+++ b/src/qcam/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ qt5_dep = dependency('qt5',
 if qt5_dep.found()
     qcam  = executable('qcam', qcam_sources,
                        link_with : libcamera,
+                       install : true,
                        include_directories : libcamera_includes,
                        dependencies : qt5_dep,
                        cpp_args : '-DQT_NO_KEYWORDS')