diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f23138c0d9..7a8bf68c4e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ mandir = share/man
 infodir = share/info
 gitexecdir = libexec/git-core
 sharedir = $(prefix)/share
+gitwebdir = $(sharedir)/gitweb
 template_dir = share/git-core/templates
 htmldir = share/doc/git-doc
 ifeq ($(prefix),/usr)
@@ -1507,6 +1508,7 @@ gitexecdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitexecdir))
 template_dir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(template_dir))
 htmldir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(htmldir))
 prefix_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(prefix))
+gitwebdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitwebdir))
 
 SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))
 PERL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH))
@@ -1643,45 +1645,38 @@ gitweb:
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)gitweb $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) all
 
 ifdef JSMIN
-GITWEB_PROGRAMS += gitweb/gitweb.min.js
-GITWEB_JS = gitweb/gitweb.min.js
+GITWEB_PROGRAMS += gitweb/static/gitweb.min.js
+GITWEB_JS = gitweb/static/gitweb.min.js
 else
-GITWEB_JS = gitweb/gitweb.js
+GITWEB_JS = gitweb/static/gitweb.js
 endif
 ifdef CSSMIN
-GITWEB_PROGRAMS += gitweb/gitweb.min.css
-GITWEB_CSS = gitweb/gitweb.min.css
+GITWEB_PROGRAMS += gitweb/static/gitweb.min.css
+GITWEB_CSS = gitweb/static/gitweb.min.css
 else
-GITWEB_CSS = gitweb/gitweb.css
+GITWEB_CSS = gitweb/static/gitweb.css
 endif
 OTHER_PROGRAMS +=  gitweb/gitweb.cgi  $(GITWEB_PROGRAMS)
 gitweb/gitweb.cgi: gitweb/gitweb.perl $(GITWEB_PROGRAMS)
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)gitweb $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) $(patsubst gitweb/%,%,$@)
 
 ifdef JSMIN
-gitweb/gitweb.min.js: gitweb/gitweb.js
+gitweb/static/gitweb.min.js: gitweb/static/gitweb.js
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)gitweb $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) $(patsubst gitweb/%,%,$@)
 endif # JSMIN
 ifdef CSSMIN
-gitweb/gitweb.min.css: gitweb/gitweb.css
+gitweb/static/gitweb.min.css: gitweb/static/gitweb.css
 	$(QUIET_SUBDIR0)gitweb $(QUIET_SUBDIR1) $(patsubst gitweb/%,%,$@)
 endif # CSSMIN
 
 
-git-instaweb: git-instaweb.sh gitweb/gitweb.cgi gitweb/gitweb.css gitweb/gitweb.js
+git-instaweb: git-instaweb.sh gitweb/gitweb.cgi gitweb/static/gitweb.css gitweb/static/gitweb.js
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(RM) $@ $@+ && \
 	sed -e '1s|#!.*/sh|#!$(SHELL_PATH_SQ)|' \
 	    -e 's/@@GIT_VERSION@@/$(GIT_VERSION)/g' \
 	    -e 's/@@NO_CURL@@/$(NO_CURL)/g' \
-	    -e '/@@GITWEB_CGI@@/r gitweb/gitweb.cgi' \
-	    -e '/@@GITWEB_CGI@@/d' \
-	    -e '/@@GITWEB_CSS@@/r $(GITWEB_CSS)' \
-	    -e '/@@GITWEB_CSS@@/d' \
-	    -e '/@@GITWEB_JS@@/r $(GITWEB_JS)' \
-	    -e '/@@GITWEB_JS@@/d' \
+	    -e 's|@@GITWEBDIR@@|$(gitwebdir_SQ)|g' \
 	    -e 's|@@PERL@@|$(PERL_PATH_SQ)|g' \
-            -e 's|@@GITWEB_CSS_NAME@@|$(GITWEB_CSS)|' \
-            -e 's|@@GITWEB_JS_NAME@@|$(GITWEB_JS)|' \
 	    $@.sh > $@+ && \
 	chmod +x $@+ && \
 	mv $@+ $@
@@ -2052,6 +2047,7 @@ install: all
 	$(MAKE) -C templates DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
 ifndef NO_PERL
 	$(MAKE) -C perl prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
+	$(MAKE) -C gitweb gitwebdir=$(gitwebdir_SQ) install
 endif
 ifndef NO_PYTHON
 	$(MAKE) -C git_remote_helpers prefix='$(prefix_SQ)' DESTDIR='$(DESTDIR_SQ)' install
diff --git a/git-instaweb.sh b/git-instaweb.sh
index f6080149c2..5c700b61a8 100755
--- a/git-instaweb.sh
+++ b/git-instaweb.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ restart        restart the web server
 fqgitdir="$GIT_DIR"
 local="$(git config --bool --get instaweb.local)"
 httpd="$(git config --get instaweb.httpd)"
+root="$(git config --get instaweb.gitwebdir)"
 port=$(git config --get instaweb.port)
 module_path="$(git config --get instaweb.modulepath)"
 
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ conf="$GIT_DIR/gitweb/httpd.conf"
 # if installed, it doesn't need further configuration (module_path)
 test -z "$httpd" && httpd='lighttpd -f'
 
+# Default is @@GITWEBDIR@@
+test -z "$root" && root='@@GITWEBDIR@@'
+
 # any untaken local port will do...
 test -z "$port" && port=1234
 
@@ -57,7 +61,7 @@ resolve_full_httpd () {
 		# these days and those are not in most users $PATHs
 		# in addition, we may have generated a server script
 		# in $fqgitdir/gitweb.
-		for i in /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
+		for i in /usr/local/sbin /usr/sbin "$root" "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
 		do
 			if test -x "$i/$httpd_only"
 			then
@@ -159,8 +163,8 @@ done
 mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/gitweb/tmp"
 GIT_EXEC_PATH="$(git --exec-path)"
 GIT_DIR="$fqgitdir"
-export GIT_EXEC_PATH GIT_DIR
-
+GITWEB_CONFIG="$fqgitdir/gitweb/gitweb_config.perl"
+export GIT_EXEC_PATH GIT_DIR GITWEB_CONFIG
 
 webrick_conf () {
 	# generate a standalone server script in $fqgitdir/gitweb.
@@ -192,7 +196,7 @@ EOF
 
 	cat >"$conf" <<EOF
 :Port: $port
-:DocumentRoot: "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
+:DocumentRoot: "$root"
 :DirectoryIndex: ["gitweb.cgi"]
 :PidFile: "$fqgitdir/pid"
 EOF
@@ -201,18 +205,18 @@ EOF
 
 lighttpd_conf () {
 	cat > "$conf" <<EOF
-server.document-root = "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
+server.document-root = "$root"
 server.port = $port
 server.modules = ( "mod_setenv", "mod_cgi" )
 server.indexfiles = ( "gitweb.cgi" )
 server.pid-file = "$fqgitdir/pid"
-server.errorlog = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/error.log"
+server.errorlog = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd_only/error.log"
 
 # to enable, add "mod_access", "mod_accesslog" to server.modules
 # variable above and uncomment this
-#accesslog.filename = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/access.log"
+#accesslog.filename = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd_only/access.log"
 
-setenv.add-environment = ( "PATH" => env.PATH )
+setenv.add-environment = ( "PATH" => env.PATH, "GITWEB_CONFIG" => env.GITWEB_CONFIG )
 
 cgi.assign = ( ".cgi" => "" )
 
@@ -277,14 +281,15 @@ EOF
 
 apache2_conf () {
 	test -z "$module_path" && module_path=/usr/lib/apache2/modules
-	mkdir -p "$GIT_DIR/gitweb/logs"
 	bind=
 	test x"$local" = xtrue && bind='127.0.0.1:'
 	echo 'text/css css' > "$fqgitdir/mime.types"
 	cat > "$conf" <<EOF
 ServerName "git-instaweb"
-ServerRoot "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
-DocumentRoot "$fqgitdir/gitweb"
+ServerRoot "$root"
+DocumentRoot "$root"
+ErrorLog "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd_only/error.log"
+CustomLog "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd_only/access.log" combined
 PidFile "$fqgitdir/pid"
 Listen $bind$port
 EOF
@@ -303,13 +308,14 @@ EOF
 	# check to see if Dennis Stosberg's mod_perl compatibility patch
 	# (<20060621130708.Gcbc6e5c@leonov.stosberg.net>) has been applied
 	if test -f "$module_path/mod_perl.so" &&
-	   sane_grep 'MOD_PERL' "$GIT_DIR/gitweb/gitweb.cgi" >/dev/null
+	   sane_grep 'MOD_PERL' "$root/gitweb.cgi" >/dev/null
 	then
 		# favor mod_perl if available
 		cat >> "$conf" <<EOF
 LoadModule perl_module $module_path/mod_perl.so
 PerlPassEnv GIT_DIR
 PerlPassEnv GIT_EXEC_DIR
+PerlPassEnv GITWEB_CONFIG
 <Location /gitweb.cgi>
 	SetHandler perl-script
 	PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
@@ -353,15 +359,15 @@ mongoose_conf() {
 # For detailed description of every option, visit
 # http://code.google.com/p/mongoose/wiki/MongooseManual
 
-root		$fqgitdir/gitweb
+root		$root
 ports		$port
 index_files	gitweb.cgi
 #ssl_cert	$fqgitdir/gitweb/ssl_cert.pem
-error_log	$fqgitdir/gitweb/error.log
-access_log	$fqgitdir/gitweb/access.log
+error_log	$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd_only/error.log
+access_log	$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd_only/access.log
 
 #cgi setup
-cgi_env		PATH=$PATH,GIT_DIR=$GIT_DIR,GIT_EXEC_PATH=$GIT_EXEC_PATH
+cgi_env		PATH=$PATH,GIT_DIR=$GIT_DIR,GIT_EXEC_PATH=$GIT_EXEC_PATH,GITWEB_CONFIG=$GITWEB_CONFIG
 cgi_interp	$PERL
 cgi_ext		cgi,pl
 
@@ -370,41 +376,19 @@ mime_types	.gz=application/x-gzip,.tar.gz=application/x-tgz,.tgz=application/x-t
 EOF
 }
 
-
-script='
-s#^(my|our) \$projectroot =.*#$1 \$projectroot = "'$(dirname "$fqgitdir")'";#;
-s#(my|our) \$gitbin =.*#$1 \$gitbin = "'$GIT_EXEC_PATH'";#;
-s#(my|our) \$projects_list =.*#$1 \$projects_list = \$projectroot;#;
-s#(my|our) \$git_temp =.*#$1 \$git_temp = "'$fqgitdir/gitweb/tmp'";#;'
-
-gitweb_cgi () {
-	cat > "$1.tmp" <<\EOFGITWEB
-@@GITWEB_CGI@@
-EOFGITWEB
-	# Use the configured full path to perl to match the generated
-	# scripts' 'hashpling' line
-	"$PERL" -p -e "$script" "$1.tmp"  > "$1"
-	chmod +x "$1"
-	rm -f "$1.tmp"
+gitweb_conf() {
+	cat > "$fqgitdir/gitweb/gitweb_config.perl" <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+our \$projectroot = "$(dirname "$fqgitdir")";
+our \$git_temp = "$fqgitdir/gitweb/tmp";
+our \$projects_list = \$projectroot;
+EOF
 }
 
-gitweb_css () {
-	cat > "$1" <<\EOFGITWEB
-@@GITWEB_CSS@@
+gitweb_conf
 
-EOFGITWEB
-}
-
-gitweb_js () {
-	cat > "$1" <<\EOFGITWEB
-@@GITWEB_JS@@
-
-EOFGITWEB
-}
-
-gitweb_cgi "$GIT_DIR/gitweb/gitweb.cgi"
-gitweb_css "$GIT_DIR/@@GITWEB_CSS_NAME@@"
-gitweb_js  "$GIT_DIR/@@GITWEB_JS_NAME@@"
+resolve_full_httpd
+mkdir -p "$fqgitdir/gitweb/$httpd_only"
 
 case "$httpd" in
 *lighttpd*)
diff --git a/gitweb/INSTALL b/gitweb/INSTALL
index d484d76b75..823053173c 100644
--- a/gitweb/INSTALL
+++ b/gitweb/INSTALL
@@ -2,9 +2,10 @@ GIT web Interface (gitweb) Installation
 =======================================
 
 First you have to generate gitweb.cgi from gitweb.perl using
-"make gitweb", then copy appropriate files (gitweb.cgi, gitweb.js,
-gitweb.css, git-logo.png and git-favicon.png) to their destination.
-For example if git was (or is) installed with /usr prefix, you can do
+"make gitweb", then "make install-gitweb" appropriate files
+(gitweb.cgi, gitweb.js, gitweb.css, git-logo.png and git-favicon.png)
+to their destination. For example if git was (or is) installed with
+/usr prefix and gitwebdir is /var/www/cgi-bin, you can do
 
 	$ make prefix=/usr gitweb                            ;# as yourself
 	# make gitwebdir=/var/www/cgi-bin install-gitweb     ;# as root
@@ -81,16 +82,14 @@ Build example
   minifiers, you can do
 
 	make GITWEB_PROJECTROOT="/home/local/scm" \
-	     GITWEB_JS="/gitweb/gitweb.js" \
-	     GITWEB_CSS="/gitweb/gitweb.css" \
-	     GITWEB_LOGO="/gitweb/git-logo.png" \
-	     GITWEB_FAVICON="/gitweb/git-favicon.png" \
+	     GITWEB_JS="gitweb/static/gitweb.js" \
+	     GITWEB_CSS="gitweb/static/gitweb.css" \
+	     GITWEB_LOGO="gitweb/static/git-logo.png" \
+	     GITWEB_FAVICON="gitweb/static/git-favicon.png" \
 	     bindir=/usr/local/bin \
 	     gitweb
 
-	cp -fv gitweb/gitweb.{cgi,js,css} \
-	       gitweb/git-{favicon,logo}.png \
-	     /var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb/
+	make gitwebdir=/var/www/cgi-bin/gitweb install-gitweb
 
 
 Gitweb config file
diff --git a/gitweb/Makefile b/gitweb/Makefile
index 935d2d2e07..d2584fedd8 100644
--- a/gitweb/Makefile
+++ b/gitweb/Makefile
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ all::
 # Define V=1 to have a more verbose compile.
 #
 # Define JSMIN to point to JavaScript minifier that functions as
-# a filter to have gitweb.js minified.
+# a filter to have static/gitweb.js minified.
 #
 # Define CSSMIN to point to a CSS minifier in order to generate a minified
-# version of gitweb.css
+# version of static/gitweb.css
 #
 
 prefix ?= $(HOME)
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ GITWEB_STRICT_EXPORT =
 GITWEB_BASE_URL =
 GITWEB_LIST =
 GITWEB_HOMETEXT = indextext.html
-GITWEB_CSS = gitweb.css
-GITWEB_LOGO = git-logo.png
-GITWEB_FAVICON = git-favicon.png
-GITWEB_JS = gitweb.js
+GITWEB_CSS = static/gitweb.css
+GITWEB_LOGO = static/git-logo.png
+GITWEB_FAVICON = static/git-favicon.png
+GITWEB_JS = static/gitweb.js
 GITWEB_SITE_HEADER =
 GITWEB_SITE_FOOTER =
 
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ PERL_PATH  ?= /usr/bin/perl
 # Shell quote;
 bindir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(bindir))#'
 gitwebdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitwebdir))#'
+gitwebstaticdir_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(gitwebdir)/static)#'
 SHELL_PATH_SQ = $(subst ','\'',$(SHELL_PATH))#'
 PERL_PATH_SQ  = $(subst ','\'',$(PERL_PATH))#'
 DESTDIR_SQ    = $(subst ','\'',$(DESTDIR))#'
@@ -88,26 +89,26 @@ all:: gitweb.cgi
 GITWEB_PROGRAMS = gitweb.cgi
 
 ifdef JSMIN
-GITWEB_FILES += gitweb.min.js
-GITWEB_JS = gitweb.min.js
-all:: gitweb.min.js
-gitweb.min.js: gitweb.js GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
+GITWEB_FILES += static/gitweb.min.js
+GITWEB_JS = static/gitweb.min.js
+all:: static/gitweb.min.js
+static/gitweb.min.js: static/gitweb.js GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(JSMIN) <$< >$@
 else
-GITWEB_FILES += gitweb.js
+GITWEB_FILES += static/gitweb.js
 endif
 
 ifdef CSSMIN
-GITWEB_FILES += gitweb.min.css
-GITWEB_CSS = gitweb.min.css
-all:: gitweb.min.css
-gitweb.min.css: gitweb.css GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
+GITWEB_FILES += static/gitweb.min.css
+GITWEB_CSS = static/gitweb.min.css
+all:: static/gitweb.min.css
+static/gitweb.min.css: static/gitweb.css GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(CSSMIN) <$ >$@
 else
-GITWEB_FILES += gitweb.css
+GITWEB_FILES += static/gitweb.css
 endif
 
-GITWEB_FILES += git-logo.png git-favicon.png
+GITWEB_FILES += static/git-logo.png static/git-favicon.png
 
 GITWEB_REPLACE = \
 	-e 's|++GIT_VERSION++|$(GIT_VERSION)|g' \
@@ -147,12 +148,13 @@ gitweb.cgi: gitweb.perl GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
 install: all
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitwebdir_SQ)'
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(GITWEB_PROGRAMS) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitwebdir_SQ)'
-	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(GITWEB_FILES)    '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitwebdir_SQ)'
+	$(INSTALL) -d -m 755 '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitwebstaticdir_SQ)'
+	$(INSTALL) -m 644 $(GITWEB_FILES) '$(DESTDIR_SQ)$(gitwebstaticdir_SQ)'
 
 ### Cleaning rules
 
 clean:
-	$(RM) gitweb.cgi gitweb.min.js gitweb.min.css GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
+	$(RM) gitweb.cgi static/gitweb.min.js static/gitweb.min.css GITWEB-BUILD-OPTIONS
 
 .PHONY: all clean install .FORCE-GIT-VERSION-FILE FORCE
 
diff --git a/gitweb/README b/gitweb/README
index 71742b335d..0e19be8d21 100644
--- a/gitweb/README
+++ b/gitweb/README
@@ -80,24 +80,26 @@ You can specify the following configuration variables when building GIT:
    Points to the location where you put gitweb.css on your web server
    (or to be more generic, the URI of gitweb stylesheet).  Relative to the
    base URI of gitweb.  Note that you can setup multiple stylesheets from
-   the gitweb config file.  [Default: gitweb.css (or gitweb.min.css if the
-   CSSMIN variable is defined / CSS minifier is used)]
+   the gitweb config file.  [Default: static/gitweb.css (or
+   static/gitweb.min.css if the CSSMIN variable is defined / CSS minifier
+   is used)]
  * GITWEB_LOGO
    Points to the location where you put git-logo.png on your web server
    (or to be more generic URI of logo, 72x27 size, displayed in top right
    corner of each gitweb page, and used as logo for Atom feed).  Relative
-   to base URI of gitweb.  [Default: git-logo.png]
+   to base URI of gitweb.  [Default: static/git-logo.png]
  * GITWEB_FAVICON
    Points to the location where you put git-favicon.png on your web server
    (or to be more generic URI of favicon, assumed to be image/png type;
    web browsers that support favicons (website icons) may display them
    in the browser's URL bar and next to site name in bookmarks).  Relative
-   to base URI of gitweb.  [Default: git-favicon.png]
+   to base URI of gitweb.  [Default: static/git-favicon.png]
  * GITWEB_JS
    Points to the localtion where you put gitweb.js on your web server
    (or to be more generic URI of JavaScript code used by gitweb).
-   Relative to base URI of gitweb.  [Default: gitweb.js (or gitweb.min.js
-   if JSMIN build variable is defined / JavaScript minifier is used)]
+   Relative to base URI of gitweb.  [Default: static/gitweb.js (or
+   static/gitweb.min.js if JSMIN build variable is defined / JavaScript
+   minifier is used)]
  * GITWEB_CONFIG
    This Perl file will be loaded using 'do' and can be used to override any
    of the options above as well as some other options -- see the "Runtime
diff --git a/gitweb/git-favicon.png b/gitweb/static/git-favicon.png
similarity index 100%
rename from gitweb/git-favicon.png
rename to gitweb/static/git-favicon.png
diff --git a/gitweb/git-logo.png b/gitweb/static/git-logo.png
similarity index 100%
rename from gitweb/git-logo.png
rename to gitweb/static/git-logo.png
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.css b/gitweb/static/gitweb.css
similarity index 100%
rename from gitweb/gitweb.css
rename to gitweb/static/gitweb.css
diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.js b/gitweb/static/gitweb.js
similarity index 100%
rename from gitweb/gitweb.js
rename to gitweb/static/gitweb.js
diff --git a/t/gitweb-lib.sh b/t/gitweb-lib.sh
index 5a734b1b7b..b70b891b62 100644
--- a/t/gitweb-lib.sh
+++ b/t/gitweb-lib.sh
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ our \$site_name = '[localhost]';
 our \$site_header = '';
 our \$site_footer = '';
 our \$home_text = 'indextext.html';
-our @stylesheets = ('file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/gitweb.css');
-our \$logo = 'file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/git-logo.png';
-our \$favicon = 'file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/git-favicon.png';
+our @stylesheets = ('file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/static/gitweb.css');
+our \$logo = 'file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/static/git-logo.png';
+our \$favicon = 'file:///$TEST_DIRECTORY/../gitweb/static/git-favicon.png';
 our \$projects_list = '';
 our \$export_ok = '';
 our \$strict_export = '';