diff --git a/README.textile b/README.textile
index 86dd5da22..c73b27727 100644
--- a/README.textile
+++ b/README.textile
@@ -20,8 +20,14 @@ h4. via `wget`
 
 @wget --no-check-certificate https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh -O - | sh@
 
-h3. The manual way
+h4. Install location
 
+You can change the install destination via the ZSH environment variable. The default location is `~/.oh-my-zsh`:
+
+@...install.sh | ZSH=~/.dotfiles sh@
+
+
+h3. The manual way
 
 1. Clone the repository
 
diff --git a/tools/install.sh b/tools/install.sh
index a2bd5665a..1b60378a4 100755
--- a/tools/install.sh
+++ b/tools/install.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,18 @@
-if [ -d ~/.oh-my-zsh ]
+set -e
+
+if [ ! -n $ZSH ]
 then
-  echo "\033[0;33mYou already have Oh My Zsh installed.\033[0m You'll need to remove ~/.oh-my-zsh if you want to install"
-  exit
+  ZSH=~/.oh-my-zsh
 fi
 
-echo "\033[0;34mCloning Oh My Zsh...\033[0m"
-hash git >/dev/null && /usr/bin/env git clone https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git ~/.oh-my-zsh || {
-  echo "git not installed"
-  exit
-}
+if [ ! -d $ZSH ]
+then
+  echo "\033[0;34mCloning Oh My Zsh...\033[0m"
+  hash git >/dev/null && /usr/bin/env git clone https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh.git $ZSH || {
+    echo "git not installed"
+    exit
+  }
+fi
 
 echo "\033[0;34mLooking for an existing zsh config...\033[0m"
 if [ -f ~/.zshrc ] || [ -h ~/.zshrc ]
@@ -18,7 +22,10 @@ then
 fi
 
 echo "\033[0;34mUsing the Oh My Zsh template file and adding it to ~/.zshrc\033[0m"
-cp ~/.oh-my-zsh/templates/zshrc.zsh-template ~/.zshrc
+cp $ZSH/templates/zshrc.zsh-template ~/.zshrc
+sed -i -e "/^ZSH=/ c\\
+ZSH=$ZSH
+" ~/.zshrc
 
 echo "\033[0;34mCopying your current PATH and adding it to the end of ~/.zshrc for you.\033[0m"
 echo "export PATH=\$PATH:$PATH" >> ~/.zshrc