diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 1b385a6..e4d6333 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,31 @@ jobs:
         printf 'Apt::Install-Recommends "false";\n' | tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf
         apt-get update
         apt-get install -y python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-pango-1.0
-        apt-get install -y perl
+        apt-get install -y make perl
+    - name: set up PATH
+      run: |
+        PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"
+        echo "$PATH" >> $GITHUB_PATH
     - name: check Python version
       run: |
         python3 --version
     - name: run tests
       run: |
         export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
-        prove -v
+        make test verbose=1
+    - name: install
+      run: |
+        make install PREFIX=~/.local
+    - name: check whether the executable was installed correctly
+      run: |
+        cd /
+        command -v ubanner
+    - name: run post-install tests
+      run: |
+        mv ubanner ubanner.bak
+        export LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
+        make test-installed verbose=1
+        mv ubanner.bak ubanner
 
   static:
     runs-on: ${{matrix.os}}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75cc0c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright © 2024 Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+PYTHON = python3
+
+PREFIX = /usr/local
+DESTDIR =
+
+bindir = $(PREFIX)/bin
+mandir = $(PREFIX)/share/man
+
+.PHONY: all
+all: ;
+
+.PHONY: install
+install: ubanner
+	install -d $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+	python_exe=$$($(PYTHON) -c 'import sys; print(sys.executable)') && \
+	sed \
+		-e "1 s@^#!.*@#!$$python_exe@" \
+		-e "s#^basedir = .*#basedir = '$(basedir)/'#" \
+		$(<) > $(<).tmp
+	install $(<).tmp $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$(<)
+	rm $(<).tmp
+
+.PHONY: test
+test: verbose=
+test: ubanner
+	prove $(and $(verbose),-v)
+
+.PHONY: test-installed
+test-installed: verbose=
+test-installed: $(or $(shell command -v ubanner;),$(bindir)/ubanner)
+	UBANNER_TEST_TARGET=ubanner prove $(and $(verbose),-v)
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	rm -f *.tmp
+
+.error = GNU make is required
+
+# vim:ts=4 sts=4 sw=4 noet
diff --git a/t/common.sh b/t/common.sh
index f08d816..0e76b01 100644
--- a/t/common.sh
+++ b/t/common.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ set -e -u
 dir="${0%/*}/.."
 prog="${UBANNER_TEST_TARGET:-"$dir/ubanner"}"
 
+echo "# test target = $prog"
+
 is_unicode_locale()
 {
     local charset=$'\u2591\u2592\u2588'
diff --git a/t/help.t b/t/help.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..dd72ccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/help.t
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright © 2024 Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+set -e -u
+
+. "${0%/*}/common.sh"
+
+echo 1..1
+if out=$("$prog" --help)
+then
+    sed -e 's/^/# /' <<< "$out"
+    case $out in
+        'usage: ubanner '*)
+            echo ok 1;;
+        *)
+            echo not ok 1;;
+    esac
+else
+    echo not ok 1
+fi
+
+# vim:ts=4 sts=4 sw=4 et ft=sh
diff --git a/t/version.t b/t/version.t
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5908ad7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/version.t
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright © 2024 Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+set -e -u
+
+. "${0%/*}/common.sh"
+
+echo 1..1
+if out=$("$prog" --version)
+then
+    sed -e 's/^/# /' <<< "$out"
+    case $out in
+        $'ubanner 0\n'*)
+            echo ok 1;;
+        *)
+            echo not ok 1;;
+    esac
+else
+    echo not ok 1
+fi
+
+# vim:ts=4 sts=4 sw=4 et ft=sh
diff --git a/ubanner b/ubanner
index 771ebb1..9ab4dd0 100755
--- a/ubanner
+++ b/ubanner
@@ -22,6 +22,29 @@ from gi.repository import PangoCairo
 
 0_0  # Python >= 3.6 is required
 
+__version__ = '0'  # not released yet
+
+class VersionAction(argparse.Action):
+    '''
+    argparse --version action
+    '''
+
+    def __init__(self, option_strings, dest=argparse.SUPPRESS):
+        super().__init__(
+            option_strings=option_strings,
+            dest=dest,
+            nargs=0,
+            help='show version information and exit'
+        )
+
+    def __call__(self, parser, namespace, values, option_string=None):
+        print(f'{parser.prog} {__version__}')
+        print('+ Python {0}.{1}.{2}'.format(*sys.version_info))
+        print('+ PyGI', gi.__version__)
+        print('+ Pango', Pango.version_string())
+        print('+ Cairo', cairo.version)
+        parser.exit()
+
 if sys.version_info < (3, 11):
     def kbisect(a, x, *, key):
         lo = 0
@@ -103,6 +126,7 @@ except UnicodeError:
 def main():
     signal.signal(signal.SIGPIPE, signal.SIG_DFL)
     ap = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    ap.add_argument('--version', action=VersionAction)
     ap.add_argument('--list-fonts', nargs=0, action=act_list_fonts,
         help='print list of available font faces',
     )
@@ -110,11 +134,11 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument('--trim', action='store_true',
         help='trim leading/trailing empty lines',
     )
-    ap.add_argument('--font', help='use this font face')
-    ap.add_argument('--font-size', type=int, metavar='N', default=default.font_size,
+    ap.add_argument('-f', '--font', help='use this font face')
+    ap.add_argument('-s', '--font-size', type=int, metavar='N', default=default.font_size,
         help=f'font size in pixels (default: {default.font_size})'
     )
-    ap.add_argument('-s', '--full-screen', dest='font_size', action='store_const', const=None)
+    ap.add_argument('-S', '--full-screen', dest='font_size', action='store_const', const=None)
     opts = ap.parse_args()
     if not opts.text:
         if sys.stdin.isatty():