diff --git a/collectors/Makefile b/collectors/Makefile
index 965ec05..79c7133 100644
--- a/collectors/Makefile
+++ b/collectors/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,34 @@
-# LIKWID version
+# Use central installation
+CENTRAL_INSTALL = false
+
+# Path to central installation (if CENTRAL_INSTALL=true)
+LIKWID_BASE=/usr/local
+# LIKWID version (should be same major version as central installation, 5.1.x)
 LIKWID_VERSION = 5.1.0
-# Target user for LIKWID's accessdaemon
+# Target user for LIKWID's accessdaemon (if CENTRAL_INSTALL=false)
 DAEMON_USER=root
-# Target group for LIKWID's accessdaemon
+# Target group for LIKWID's accessdaemon (if CENTRAL_INSTALL=false)
 DAEMON_GROUP=root
 
+
 #################################################
 # No need to change anything below this line
 #################################################
 INSTALL_FOLDER = ./likwid
 BUILD_FOLDER = ./likwid/build
 
-all: $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/liblikwid.a cleanup
+ifneq ($(strip $(CENTRAL_INSTALL)),true)
+LIKWID_BASE := $(shell pwd)/$(INSTALL_FOLDER)
+DAEMON_BASE := $(LIKWID_BASE)
+GROUPS_BASE := $(LIKWID_BASE)/groups
+all: $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/liblikwid.a $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/likwid-accessD cleanup prepare_collector
+else
+DAEMON_BASE= $(LIKWID_BASE)/sbin
+GROUPS_BASE := $(LIKWID_BASE)/share/likwid/perfgroups
+all: $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/liblikwid.a cleanup prepare_collector
+endif
+
+
 
 $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION).tar.gz: $(BUILD_FOLDER)
 	wget -P $(BUILD_FOLDER) ftp://ftp.rrze.uni-erlangen.de/mirrors/likwid/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION).tar.gz
@@ -19,13 +36,17 @@ $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION).tar.gz: $(BUILD_FOLDER)
 $(BUILD_FOLDER):
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_FOLDER)
 
+$(INSTALL_FOLDER):
+	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_FOLDER)
+
 $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION): $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION).tar.gz
 	tar -C $(BUILD_FOLDER) -xf $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION).tar.gz
 
-$(INSTALL_FOLDER)/liblikwid.a: $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)
-	sed -i -e s+"PREFIX ?= .*"+"PREFIX = $(shell pwd)/$(INSTALL_FOLDER)"+g \
+$(INSTALL_FOLDER)/liblikwid.a: $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION) $(INSTALL_FOLDER)
+	sed -i -e s+"PREFIX ?= .*"+"PREFIX = $(LIKWID_BASE)"+g \
 		-e s+"SHARED_LIBRARY = .*"+"SHARED_LIBRARY = false"+g \
-		-e s+"INSTALLED_ACCESSDAEMON = .*"+"INSTALLED_ACCESSDAEMON = $(shell pwd)/$(INSTALL_FOLDER)/likwid-accessD"+g \
+		-e s+"INSTALLED_ACCESSDAEMON = .*"+"INSTALLED_ACCESSDAEMON = $(DAEMON_BASE)/likwid-accessD"+g \
+		-e s+"LIKWIDGROUPPATH = .*"+"LIKWIDGROUPPATH = $(GROUPS_BASE)"+g \
 		$(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)/config.mk
 	cd $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION) && make
 	cp $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)/liblikwid.a $(INSTALL_FOLDER)
@@ -33,7 +54,13 @@ $(INSTALL_FOLDER)/liblikwid.a: $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)
 	cp -r $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)/groups $(INSTALL_FOLDER)
 	cp $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)/src/includes/likwid*.h $(INSTALL_FOLDER)
 	cp $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)/src/includes/bstrlib.h $(INSTALL_FOLDER)
+
+$(INSTALL_FOLDER)/likwid-accessD: $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)/likwid-accessD
 	sudo -u $(DAEMON_USER) -g $(DAEMON_GROUP) install -m 4775 $(BUILD_FOLDER)/likwid-$(LIKWID_VERSION)/likwid-accessD $(INSTALL_FOLDER)
 
+prepare_collector: likwidMetric.go
+	cp likwidMetric.go likwidMetric.go.orig
+	sed -i -e s+"const GROUPPATH =.*"+"const GROUPPATH = \`$(GROUPS_BASE)\`"+g likwidMetric.go
+
 cleanup:
 	rm -rf $(BUILD_FOLDER)