diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e76a3129..edf817f5b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ option(USE_BOOST_STATIC_LIBRARIES "Sets whether the Boost libraries should be li
 option(STORM_USE_INTELTBB "Sets whether the Intel TBB libraries should be used." OFF)
 option(STORM_USE_GUROBI "Sets whether Gurobi should be used." OFF)
 option(USE_CARL "Sets whether carl should be included." ON)
+option(STORM_FORCE_SHIPPED_CARL "Sets whether the shipped version of carl is to be used no matter whether carl is found or not." OFF)
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(STORM_FORCE_SHIPPED_CARL)
 option(USE_SMTRAT "Sets whether SMT-RAT should be included." OFF)
 option(USE_HYPRO "Sets whether HyPro should be included." OFF)
 option(XML_SUPPORT "Sets whether xml based format parsing should be included." ON)
@@ -266,6 +268,25 @@ else()
 	set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -fomit-frame-pointer")
 endif()
 
+#############################################################
+##
+##	RPATH settings
+##
+#############################################################
+
+# don't skip the full RPATH for the build tree
+SET(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH  FALSE)
+
+# when building, don't use the install RPATH already (but only when installing)
+SET(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH FALSE)
+
+# the RPATH to be used when installing
+SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+
+# don't add the automatically determined parts of the RPATH
+# which point to directories outside the build tree to the install RPATH
+SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
+
 #############################################################
 ##
 ##	Generator specific settings
diff --git a/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 4077d6230..32cf3872e 100644
--- a/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/resources/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -178,8 +178,6 @@ include(${STORM_3RDPARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/include_cudd.cmake)
 #############################################################
 include(${STORM_3RDPARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/include_cpptemplate.cmake)
 
-
-
 #############################################################
 ##
 ##      carl
@@ -188,25 +186,25 @@ include(${STORM_3RDPARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/include_cpptemplate.cmake)
 
 set(STORM_HAVE_CARL OFF)
 if(USE_CARL)
-    find_package(carl QUIET)
-    if(carl_FOUND)
-	set(STORM_SHIPPED_CARL OFF)
+	if (NOT STORM_FORCE_SHIPPED_CARL)
+    	find_package(carl QUIET)
+	endif()
+    if(carl_FOUND AND NOT STORM_FORCE_SHIPPED_CARL)
+		set(STORM_SHIPPED_CARL OFF)
         set(STORM_HAVE_CARL ON)
         message(STATUS "Storm - Use system version of carl.")
         message(STATUS "Storm - Linking with carl ${carl_VERSION} (CARL_USE_CLN_NUMBERS: ${CARL_USE_CLN_NUMBERS}).")
         set(STORM_HAVE_CLN ${CARL_USE_CLN_NUMBERS})
     else()
-	set(STORM_SHIPPED_CARL ON)
+		set(STORM_SHIPPED_CARL ON)
 		# The first external project will be built at *configure stage*
 		message("START CARL CONFIG PROCESS")
 		file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/carl_download) 
-			execute_process(
-			COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ${STORM_3RDPARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/carl "-DSTORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR=${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}"
-			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/carl_download
-			OUTPUT_VARIABLE carlconfig_out
-			RESULT_VARIABLE carlconfig_result
-					)
-		
+		execute_process(
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ${STORM_3RDPARTY_SOURCE_DIR}/carl "-DSTORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR=${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}"
+		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/carl_download
+		OUTPUT_VARIABLE carlconfig_out
+		RESULT_VARIABLE carlconfig_result)
 								
 		if(NOT carlconfig_result)
 			message("${carlconfig_out}")
@@ -237,17 +235,20 @@ if(USE_CARL)
         include(${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/carl/carlConfig.cmake)
         message("CARL_USE_CLN_NUMBERS: ${CARL_USE_CLN_NUMBERS}")
 		set(STORM_HAVE_CLN ${CARL_USE_CLN_NUMBERS})
-	add_dependencies(resources carl)
+		add_dependencies(resources carl)
         set(carl_INCLUDE_DIR "${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/carl/include/")
-	set(carl_LIBRARIES ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/carl/lib/libcarl${DYNAMIC_EXT})
+		set(carl_LIBRARIES ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/carl/lib/libcarl${DYNAMIC_EXT})
         set(STORM_HAVE_CARL ON)
+        
+        # install the carl dynamic library if we build it
+        get_filename_component(STORM_CARL_DYLIB_FULL_PATH ${STORM_3RDPARTY_BINARY_DIR}/carl/lib/libcarl${DYNAMIC_EXT} REALPATH)
+        install(FILES ${STORM_CARL_DYLIB_FULL_PATH} DESTINATION lib)
     endif()
     if(STORM_USE_CLN_NUMBERS AND NOT STORM_HAVE_CLN)
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot use CLN numbers if carl is build without")
 	endif()
 	
 	list(APPEND STORM_DEP_IMP_TARGETS lib_carl) 
-    
 endif()
 
 
diff --git a/src/storm/CMakeLists.txt b/src/storm/CMakeLists.txt
index 363fbc0ab..d9135dcb9 100644
--- a/src/storm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/storm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ add_executable(storm-main ${STORM_MAIN_SOURCES} ${STORM_MAIN_HEADERS})
 target_link_libraries(storm-main storm)
 set_target_properties(storm-main PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "storm")
 
-
 # Install storm headers to include directory.
 foreach(HEADER ${STORM_LIB_HEADERS})
 	string(REGEX REPLACE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/?" "" RELATIVE_HEADER_PATH ${HEADER})
@@ -69,3 +68,5 @@ add_custom_target(copy_storm_headers DEPENDS ${STORM_OUTPUT_HEADERS} ${STORM_LIB
 add_dependencies(storm copy_storm_headers)
 add_dependencies(storm copy_resources_headers)
 
+# install command
+install(TARGETS storm-main storm RUNTIME DESTINATION bin LIBRARY DESTINATION lib OPTIONAL)
\ No newline at end of file