diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7646195de7..5cffd634909 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.19)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0110 NEW)
 endif ()
 
+# Disable `make install` depending on `make all` since we want to control what
+# we install more closely. With this setting, and targets marked as `OPTIONAL`,
+# only targets that were built will be installed.
+set(CMAKE_SKIP_INSTALL_ALL_DEPENDENCY ON)
+
 set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE OFF)
 
 include(SpectreGetGitHash)
diff --git a/cmake/AddSpectreExecutable.cmake b/cmake/AddSpectreExecutable.cmake
index 790f3223a44..e6da837e02e 100644
--- a/cmake/AddSpectreExecutable.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AddSpectreExecutable.cmake
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ function(add_spectre_executable TARGET_NAME)
     PRIVATE
     SpectreFlags
     )
+  install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME} OPTIONAL)
 endfunction()
 
 # A function to add a SpECTRE executable that uses Charm++
diff --git a/cmake/SpectreSetupPythonPackage.cmake b/cmake/SpectreSetupPythonPackage.cmake
index 2b2466e6337..fca7f3a9e4d 100644
--- a/cmake/SpectreSetupPythonPackage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SpectreSetupPythonPackage.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT License.
 # See LICENSE.txt for details.
 
+set(SPECTRE_PYTHON_INSTALL_LIBDIR
+  "lib/python${Python_VERSION_MAJOR}.${Python_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages"
+  CACHE STRING "Location where the Python package is installed. Defaults to \
+CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/.")
+
 option(SPECTRE_PYTHON_TEST_TIMEOUT_FACTOR
   "Multiply timeout for Python tests by this factor"
   1)
@@ -44,6 +49,12 @@ configure_file(
   "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tmp/LoadPython.sh"
   "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/LoadPython.sh")
 
+# Install the SpECTRE Python package to the user-specified location.
+install(
+  DIRECTORY ${SPECTRE_PYTHON_PREFIX}
+  DESTINATION ${SPECTRE_PYTHON_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+  )
+
 add_custom_target(all-pybindings)
 
 # Add a python module, either with or without python bindings and with
-- 
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