diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 56376f1d9..c1d063547 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ SET( CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/bin )
 SET( LIB_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib" )
 
 SET( INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include" )
+SET( BIN_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin" )
 SET( LIBRARY_VERSION "1.0.0" )
 SET( LIBRARY_SOVERSION "1" )
 
@@ -20,9 +21,8 @@ SET( LIBRARY_SOVERSION "1" )
 add_subdirectory( code/ )
 IF( WIN32 )
 	add_subdirectory( test/ )
-	add_subdirectory( tools/assimp_cmd/ )
 	add_subdirectory( tools/assimp_view/ )
 ENDIF( WIN32 )
 
-
+add_subdirectory( tools/assimp_cmd/ )
 
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ed90de2f2..b94af6f4b 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ favourite build script generator from *here* and have fun.
 If you use cmake only to get a makefile, run 
 'make' and 'make install' afterwards. 
 
+NOTE: in order to use the assimp command line tools, you may
+need to run ldconfig as root to make the so loader find
+the assimp shared library --
+
 Note that running make from ./code is deprecated, although there
 is still a suitable makefile in it.
 
diff --git a/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 79175a987..0a379f680 100644
--- a/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,38 +39,11 @@ add_executable(  assimp_cmd
 	WriteDumb.cpp
 )
 
-IF( WIN32 )
-	SET( PSDK_PATH "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Platform SDK/Bin" )
-	SET( PSDK_INC "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Platform SDK/Include" )
 
-	FIND_PATH(DX9_INCLUDE_PATH d3d9.h
-		PATHS
-			"$ENV{DXSDK_DIR}/Include"
-			"$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}/Microsoft DirectX SDK/Include"
-		DOC "The directory where D3D9.h resides")
-
-
-	FIND_LIBRARY(D3D9_LIBRARY d3d9.lib
-		PATHS
-			"$ENV{DXSDK_DIR}/Lib/x86"
-			"$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}/Microsoft DirectX SDK/Lib/x86"
-		DOC "The directory where d3d9.lib resides")
-
-	FIND_LIBRARY(D3DX9_LIBRARY d3dx9.lib
-		PATHS
-			"$ENV{DXSDK_DIR}/Lib/x86"
-			"$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}/Microsoft DirectX SDK/Lib/x86"
-		DOC "The directory where d3dx9.lib resides")
-
-	SET( DX9_LIBRARIES ${D3D9_LIBRARY} ${D3DX9_LIBRARY} )
-	
-	FIND_LIBRARY( WIN32_COMCTRL comctl32.lib 
-		PATHS 
-			"C:/Programme/Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2/Lib" 	
-		DOC "Path to psdk"
-	) 
-ENDIF( WIN32 )
-
-# Link the executable to the Hello library.
-target_link_libraries ( assimp_cmd assimp ${DX9_LIBRARIES} comctl32.lib Winmm.lib  ) 
+# Link the executable to the assimp library and rename it to assimp as well :-)
+target_link_libraries ( assimp_cmd assimp  )
+INSTALL(PROGRAMS ../../bin/assimp_cmd 
+	DESTINATION "${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}"
+	RENAME assimp
+) 
 
diff --git a/tools/assimp_cmd/makefile b/tools/assimp_cmd/makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 413f6859d..000000000
--- a/tools/assimp_cmd/makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Makefile for assimp_cmd 
-# aramis_acg@users.sourceforge.net
-#
-# Usage: make <target> <macros>
-
-# TARGETS:
-#   all                  Build assimp_cmd tool and assimp if necessary
-#   clean                Cleanup all object files, including those from core
-#   cleanme              Cleanup only my object files
-
-# MACROS: (make clean before you change one)
-#   NOBOOST=1            Build Assimp against boost workaround
-#   SINGLETHREADED=1     Build Assimp single-threaded library
-#   DEBUG=1              Build debug build of Assimp library
-# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-# C++ object files
-OBJECTS   := $(patsubst %.cpp,%.o,  $(wildcard *.cpp)) 
-
-
-# Include flags for gcc
-INCLUDEFLAGS = -I../../include
-
-# Library flags for gcc
-LIBRARYFLAGS = -L../../bin/gcc/
-
-# Preprocessor defines for gcc
-DEFINEFLAGS =  
-
-# GCC compiler flags 
-CPPFLAGS=-Wall
-
-
-# Setup environment for debug build
-ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
-	DEFINEFLAGS   += -D_DEBUG -DDEBUG
-else
-	CPPFLAGS      += -o3
-	DEFINEFLAGS   += -DNDEBUG -D_NDEBUG
-endif
-
-# Output path of executable
-OUTPUT = ../../bin/gcc/assimp
-
-
-all:	$(OBJECTS)
-	cd ../../code/ && $(MAKE) static 
-	gcc -s -o$(OUTPUT) $(OBJECTS) $(LIBRARYFLAGS) -lassimp -lstdc++ 
-
-%.o:%.cpp
-	$(CXX) -g -c  $(CPPFLAGS) $? -o $@ $(INCLUDEFLAGS) $(DEFINEFLAGS)
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean:
-	-del *.o
-	cd ../../code/ && $(MAKE) clean
-
-.PHONY: cleanme
-cleanme:
-	-del *.o
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