diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 66b88d3..6c65e75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -45,3 +45,14 @@ jobs:
         cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/integrationTest
         make clean-all  > /dev/null
         ./run.sh
+
+    - name: Install Runtime
+      run: |
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+        git submodule update --init
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/runtime
+        make clean-all
+        make -j10
+        sudo make install
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/sample
+        make sampleApplication_system
diff --git a/runtime/GNUmakefile b/runtime/GNUmakefile
index 8691fa7..e8be5ec 100644
--- a/runtime/GNUmakefile
+++ b/runtime/GNUmakefile
@@ -64,7 +64,16 @@ clean:
 
 clean-all: clean
 	rm -f libgtest.a testHelper/GeneratedCode.cc
-
+	
+ifeq ($(PREFIX),)
+    PREFIX := /usr/local
+endif
+install: libNanoLog.a
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/
+	install -m 644 libNanoLog.a $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/lib/
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/NanoLog/
+	install -m 644 *.h $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/include/NanoLog/
+	install -m 755 decompressor $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/
 # Automatic rules to build *.h dependencies. Taken from
 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2394609/makefile-header-dependencies
 depend: .depend
@@ -74,3 +83,4 @@ depend: .depend
 	$(CXX) $(CXX_ARGS) $(INCLUDES) -MM $^  > ./.depend;
 
 include .depend
+
diff --git a/sample/GNUmakefile b/sample/GNUmakefile
index f3a6450..db2d4fe 100644
--- a/sample/GNUmakefile
+++ b/sample/GNUmakefile
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@ decompressor: libNanoLog.a
 clean-all: clean
 	@rm -f libNanoLog.a decompressor
 	$(MAKE) clean-all -C $(NANOLOG_RUNTIME_DIR)
+
+main-install.o: main.cc
+	$(CXX) -I /usr/local/include/NanoLog/ -c -o $@ $< $(CXXFLAGS)
+
+sampleApplication_system: main-install.o 
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o sampleApplication main-install.o -L/usr/local/lib/ -lNanoLog -pthread -lrt