diff --git a/tbsetup/GNUmakefile.in b/tbsetup/GNUmakefile.in
index 460c770b031765459a23556c867a0834f0b658d6..a9176580b442ba83f9d1c82146417b381c8c3ed6 100644
--- a/tbsetup/GNUmakefile.in
+++ b/tbsetup/GNUmakefile.in
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ ipassign:
 install: all script-install subdir-install
 	@echo "Don't forget to do a post-install as root"
 
+boss-install: install
+
 #
 # Only install the planetlab support if enabled in the defs file
 #