diff --git a/Rules.mk b/Rules.mk
index 099a970e6d0..ffc62fce1ac 100644
--- a/Rules.mk
+++ b/Rules.mk
@@ -99,8 +99,7 @@ nofuse: GOTAGS += nofuse
 nofuse: build
 .PHONY: nofuse
 
-install: $$(DEPS_GO)
-	go install $(go-flags-with-tags) ./cmd/ipfs
+install: cmd/ipfs-install
 .PHONY: install
 
 install_unsupported:
diff --git a/cmd/ipfs/Rules.mk b/cmd/ipfs/Rules.mk
index 38cc676c538..60b5fa6fb05 100644
--- a/cmd/ipfs/Rules.mk
+++ b/cmd/ipfs/Rules.mk
@@ -12,12 +12,20 @@ PATH := $(realpath $(d)):$(PATH)
 # DEPS_OO_$(d) += merkledag/pb/merkledag.pb.go namesys/pb/namesys.pb.go
 # DEPS_OO_$(d) += pin/internal/pb/header.pb.go unixfs/pb/unixfs.pb.go
 
-$(IPFS_BIN_$(d)): GOFLAGS += -ldflags="-X "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/config".CurrentCommit=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
+$(d)_flags =-ldflags="-X "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs/repo/config".CurrentCommit=$(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)" 
+
+$(IPFS_BIN_$(d)): GOFLAGS += $(cmd/ipfs_flags)
 
 # uses second expansion to collect all $(DEPS_GO)
 $(IPFS_BIN_$(d)): $(d) $$(DEPS_GO) ALWAYS #| $(DEPS_OO_$(d))
 	$(go-build)
 
+
+$(d)-install: GOFLAGS += $(cmd/ipfs_flags)
+$(d)-install:
+	go install $(go-flags-with-tags) ./cmd/ipfs
+.PHONY: $(d)-install
+
 COVER_BIN_$(d) := $(d)/ipfs-test-cover
 CLEAN += $(COVER_BIN_$(d))