diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 281d7362e..95cda112a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,3 +173,10 @@ install(PROGRAMS utils/statepoint_meshplot.py
   RENAME statepoint_meshplot)
 install(FILES ../man/man1/openmc.1 DESTINATION share/man/man1)
 install(FILES ../LICENSE DESTINATION "share/doc/${program}/copyright")
+
+find_package(PythonInterp)
+if(PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+  install(CODE "execute_process(
+                  COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} setup.py install --user
+                  WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils)")
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 7b292eca7..9c295176a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -6,5 +6,7 @@ clean:
 	make -s -C build clean
 distclean:
 	rm -fr build
+install:
+	make -s -C build install
 
-.PHONY: all clean distclean
+.PHONY: all clean distclean install
diff --git a/src/utils/setup.py b/src/utils/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c69e7f6c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from distutils.core import setup
+
+setup(name='statepoint',
+      version='0.5.4',
+      description='OpenMC StatePoint',
+      author='Paul Romano',
+      author_email='paul.k.romano@gmail.com',
+      url='https://github.com/mit-crpg/openmc',
+      py_modules=['statepoint'])