diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 990bdaf18b..86ed801361 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -555,6 +555,10 @@ configure_file("${LEAN_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/leanc.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/leanc"
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/leanc"
   DESTINATION bin
   PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
+file(COPY ${LEAN_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/leanmake DESTINATION ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+install(FILES ${LEAN_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/leanmake
+  DESTINATION bin
+  PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)
 
 # shared library deactivated until we figure out the leanstatic/leanstdlib story
 # # The DLL (shared library) is not being generated correctly when we use cross-compilation (i.e., generate the Windows DLL using Linux).
diff --git a/src/bin/leanmake b/src/bin/leanmake
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f2ac1b1c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bin/leanmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+bindir=$(dirname $0)
+make -f "$bindir/../share/lean/Makefile" "$@"