diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 48fc97e59..ecc17f37b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -777,6 +777,7 @@ endif()
 install(FILES ${MANPAGES1} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man1)
 install(FILES ${MANPAGES3} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man3)
 file(GLOB MARKDOWN CONFIGURE_DEPENDS *.md)
+list(FILTER MARKDOWN EXCLUDE REGEX "INSTALL.md")
 install(FILES ${MARKDOWN} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR})
 
 install(TARGETS notcurses-demo DESTINATION bin)