diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bb16606de..a8daaa225 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ MACRO (CMAKE_BUILD_UTILITIES)
   SET(KWSYS_USE_Process 1)
   SET(KWSYS_USE_CommandLineArguments 1)
   SET(KWSYS_HEADER_ROOT ${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/Source)
+  SET(KWSYS_INSTALL_DOC_DIR "${CMake_DOC_DEST}")
   SUBDIRS(Source/kwsys)
   
   #---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ SET(CMAKE_MAN_DIR "/man" CACHE STRING
   "Install location for man pages (relative to prefix).")
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED(CMAKE_DATA_DIR CMAKE_DOC_DIR CMAKE_MAN_DIR)
 STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^/" "" CMake_DATA_DEST "${CMAKE_DATA_DIR}")
+STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^/" "" CMake_DOC_DEST "${CMAKE_DOC_DIR}")
 
 # include special compile flags for some compilers
 INCLUDE(CompileFlags.cmake)
diff --git a/Source/kwsys/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/kwsys/CMakeLists.txt
index 34df847f6..475abe6cc 100644
--- a/Source/kwsys/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/kwsys/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@
 #  KWSYS_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR   kwsys should be installed by a "make install".
 #                              The values should be specified relative to
 #                              the installation prefix and NOT start with '/'.
+#  KWSYS_INSTALL_DOC_DIR     = The installation target directory for documentation
+#                              such as copyright information.
 #
 #  KWSYS_INSTALL_COMPONENT_NAME_RUNTIME     = Name of runtime and development
 #  KWSYS_INSTALL_COMPONENT_NAME_DEVELOPMENT   installation components.
@@ -573,6 +575,22 @@ ENDIF(NOT KWSYS_HEADER_ROOT)
 SET(KWSYS_HEADER_DIR "${KWSYS_HEADER_ROOT}/${KWSYS_NAMESPACE}")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${KWSYS_HEADER_ROOT})
 
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+IF(KWSYS_INSTALL_DOC_DIR)
+  # Assign the license to the runtime component since it must be
+  # distributed with binary forms of this software.
+  IF(KWSYS_INSTALL_COMPONENT_NAME_RUNTIME)
+    SET(KWSYS_INSTALL_LICENSE_OPTIONS ${KWSYS_INSTALL_LICENSE_OPTIONS}
+      COMPONENT ${KWSYS_INSTALL_COMPONENT_NAME_RUNTIME}
+      )
+  ENDIF(KWSYS_INSTALL_COMPONENT_NAME_RUNTIME)
+
+  # Install the license under the documentation directory.
+  INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Copyright.txt
+    DESTINATION ${KWSYS_INSTALL_DOC_DIR}/${KWSYS_NAMESPACE}
+    ${KWSYS_INSTALL_LICENSE_OPTIONS})
+ENDIF(KWSYS_INSTALL_DOC_DIR)
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Create STL header wrappers to block warnings in the STL headers and
 # give standard names by which they may be included.