diff --git a/Makefile.defs b/Makefile.defs
index 6364c794a..64e74c243 100644
--- a/Makefile.defs
+++ b/Makefile.defs
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ LD = g++
 PATHSEP=/
 PREFIX ?=             /usr/local
 UDEV_PREFIX ?=        /etc/udev/rules.d
-INSTALLBINRELPATH =   /bin/
-INSTALLSHARERELPATH = /share/proxmark3/
-INSTALLFWRELPATH =    /share/proxmark3/firmware/
-INSTALLTOOLSRELPATH = /share/proxmark3/tools/
-INSTALLDOCSRELPATH =   /share/doc/proxmark3/
+INSTALLBINRELPATH ?=   /bin/
+INSTALLSHARERELPATH ?= /share/proxmark3/
+INSTALLFWRELPATH ?=    /share/proxmark3/firmware/
+INSTALLTOOLSRELPATH ?= /share/proxmark3/tools/
+INSTALLDOCSRELPATH ?=   /share/doc/proxmark3/
 
 platform = $(shell uname)
 DETECTED_OS=$(platform)
diff --git a/doc/md/Development/Maintainers.md b/doc/md/Development/Maintainers.md
index 0dda8af3d..3d5e6dbef 100644
--- a/doc/md/Development/Maintainers.md
+++ b/doc/md/Development/Maintainers.md
@@ -27,6 +27,15 @@ etc.
 
 That should be a good start for you to create your package :)
 
+If you need to tune some more paths, see their definition in `Makefile.defs`.
+E.g. you might need to move the documentation elsewhere according to your distro policy:
+
+```
+make install PREFIX=/usr INSTALLDOCSRELPATH=/share/doc/proxmark3-${version}/
+```
+
+Be careful to respect the same leading/closing `/` schema else you'll mess up your paths!
+
 It's possible to add other firmwares as well with tagged names (`FWTAG=<mytag>`), e.g. here we're compiling another image for non-RDV4 devices:
 
 ```