diff --git a/Doxyfile b/Doxyfile
index ae2af3b..852530c 100644
--- a/Doxyfile
+++ b/Doxyfile
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ PROJECT_NAME           = libconfig
 # could be handy for archiving the generated documentation or if some version
 # control system is used.
 
-PROJECT_NUMBER         = v2.2.7
+PROJECT_NUMBER         = v2.2.8
 
 # Using the PROJECT_BRIEF tag one can provide an optional one line description
 # for a project that appears at the top of each page and should give viewers a
diff --git a/build-config/CLI11/meson.build b/build-config/CLI11/meson.build
index d2d56ff..9e66bb6 100644
--- a/build-config/CLI11/meson.build
+++ b/build-config/CLI11/meson.build
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ cli11_dep = cli11_proj.get_variable('CLI11_dep')
 cli11_headers = cli11_proj.get_variable('cli11_headers')
 cli11_impl_headers = cli11_proj.get_variable('cli11_impl_headers')
 
-install_headers(cli11_headers, subdir: 'fourdst/vendor/CLI')
-install_headers(cli11_impl_headers, subdir: 'fourdst/vendor/CLI/impl')
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+install_headers(cli11_headers,      install_dir: config_header_root / 'fourdst' / 'vendor' / 'CLI')
+install_headers(cli11_impl_headers, install_dir: config_header_root / 'fourdst' / 'vendor' / 'CLI' / 'impl')
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diff --git a/build-config/reflect-cpp/meson.build b/build-config/reflect-cpp/meson.build
index 3eb013b..8f8691c 100644
--- a/build-config/reflect-cpp/meson.build
+++ b/build-config/reflect-cpp/meson.build
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ reflect_cpp_dep = declare_dependency(
 
 install_subdir(
     'include',
-    install_dir: get_option('includedir') / 'fourdst' / 'vendor',
-    strip_directory: true
+    install_dir: config_header_root / 'fourdst' / 'vendor',
+    strip_directory: true,
 )
diff --git a/build-config/tomlpp/meson.build b/build-config/tomlpp/meson.build
index 7b25a36..bf76b5e 100644
--- a/build-config/tomlpp/meson.build
+++ b/build-config/tomlpp/meson.build
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ tomlpp_inc_dir = include_directories('vendor/include')
 
 install_subdir(
     'vendor/include',
-    install_dir: get_option('includedir') / 'fourdst' / 'vendor',
-    strip_directory: true
+    install_dir: config_header_root / 'fourdst' / 'vendor',
+    strip_directory: true,
+    exclude_files: ['meson.build'],
 )
-
-
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5660e58..196a5ce 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,11 +18,15 @@
 #   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 #
 # *********************************************************************** #
-project('libconfig', ['cpp', 'c'], version: 'v2.2.7', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++23'], meson_version: '>=1.5.0')
+project('libconfig', ['cpp', 'c'], version: 'v2.2.8', default_options: ['cpp_std=c++23'], meson_version: '>=1.5.0')
 
 # Add default visibility for all C++ targets
 add_project_arguments('-fvisibility=default', language: 'cpp')
 
+config_header_root = get_option('header_install_dir') != '' \
+    ? get_option('header_install_dir') \
+    : get_option('includedir')
+
 cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 subdir('build-config')
 subdir('src')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 83c7264..9d605e0 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 option('pkg_config', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'generate pkg-config file for libconfig (fourdst_config.pc)')
 option('build_tests', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Build unit and integration tests (uses gtest)')
 option('build_examples', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Build simple example programs')
-option('lib_install_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Override install dir for the shared library (used by the fourdst umbrella to place libs inside the Python package in wheel builds). Empty = default libdir.'):w
+option('lib_install_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Override install dir for the shared library (used by the fourdst umbrella to place libs inside the Python package in wheel builds). Empty = default libdir.')
+option('header_install_dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Override the header install root (used by the fourdst umbrella to place headers inside the Python package in wheel builds). Empty = default includedir.')
 
diff --git a/src/config/meson.build b/src/config/meson.build
index 86f1068..174eb59 100644
--- a/src/config/meson.build
+++ b/src/config/meson.build
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ config_headers = files(
     'include/fourdst/config/ansi.h',
     'include/fourdst/config/validate.h',
 )
-install_headers(config_headers, subdir : 'fourdst/config')
 
 config_exception_headers = files(
     'include/fourdst/config/exceptions/exceptions.h',
 )
-install_headers(config_exception_headers, subdir : 'fourdst/config/exceptions')
 
+install_headers(config_headers,           install_dir: config_header_root / 'fourdst' / 'config')
+install_headers(config_exception_headers, install_dir: config_header_root / 'fourdst' / 'config' / 'exceptions')
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