diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index 1e3acfba0..b6ca55409 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -52,11 +52,8 @@ the source code in a directory called `aseprite-source`):
    commands, you have to compile the project executing make, nmake,
    opening the solution, etc.
 
-4. When the project is compiled, you can copy the resulting executable
-   file (e.g. `build/bin/aseprite.exe`) to `aseprite-source` and
-   execute it. If you have used a Visual Studio project, you can copy
-   the whole `data/` directory to `build/bin/` so you can run/debug
-   the program from Visual Studio IDE.
+4. When the project is compiled, you can find the executable file
+   inside `build/bin/aseprite.exe`.
 
 ## Mac OS X details
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b520c99d..b7b662faa 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -217,7 +217,24 @@ if(LIBALLEGRO4_LINK_FLAGS)
 endif()
 
 ######################################################################
-# ASEPRITE application
+# Copy data/ directory target
+
+file(GLOB_RECURSE src_data_files
+  RELATIVE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/*.*")
+foreach(fn ${src_data_files})
+  string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER "copy_data_${fn}" copy_fn_target_name)
+  add_custom_target(${copy_fn_target_name})
+  add_custom_command(
+    OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/data/${fn}
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/${fn} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/data/${fn}
+    MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/${fn})
+  list(APPEND out_data_files ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/data/${fn})
+endforeach()
+
+add_custom_target(copy_data DEPENDS ${out_data_files})
+
+######################################################################
+# Aseprite application
 
 if(WIN32)
   set(win32_resources main/resources_win32.rc)
@@ -227,8 +244,12 @@ if(UNIX)
   set(x11_resources main/xpm_icon.c)
 endif(UNIX)
 
-add_executable(aseprite WIN32 main/main.cpp ${win32_resources} ${x11_resources})
+add_executable(aseprite WIN32
+  main/main.cpp
+  ${win32_resources}
+  ${x11_resources})
 target_link_libraries(aseprite ${all_libs})
+add_dependencies(aseprite copy_data)
 
 install(TARGETS aseprite
   RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
@@ -236,11 +257,6 @@ install(TARGETS aseprite
 install(DIRECTORY ../data
   DESTINATION share/aseprite)
 
-if(EXISTS ../docs/quickref.pdf)
-  install(FILES ../docs/quickref.pdf
-    DESTINATION share/aseprite/docs/quickref.pdf)
-endif()
-
 ######################################################################
 # Tests