diff --git a/bindist/bindist.INSTALL b/bindist/bindist.INSTALL
index 7621f416b..7e446d799 100755
--- a/bindist/bindist.INSTALL
+++ b/bindist/bindist.INSTALL
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
 #	   documentation from the DVI files in
 #	   /usr/local/mercury-<VERSION>/lib/mercury/doc.
 #
+#	   If the binary distribution includes the deep profiler, then check
+#	   whether "make install" was able to copy scripts/mdprof to the web
+#	   server's CGI directory (normally /usr/lib/cgi-bin). This directory
+#	   is often writeable only by root or by the web server administrator,
+#	   so you may need more than your usual set of privileges to do the
+#	   copy (i.e. you may need to "su" to the appropriate user).
+#
 #	   To use the emacs debugger interface ("M-x mdb"), you also need to
 #	   add the following lines to the `.emacs' file in your home directory:
 #
diff --git a/bindist/bindist.Makefile.in b/bindist/bindist.Makefile.in
index c900867a4..1689770f0 100644
--- a/bindist/bindist.Makefile.in
+++ b/bindist/bindist.Makefile.in
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ INSTALL_LIBDIR	= $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/lib/mercury
 INSTALL_INFODIR = $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/info
 INSTALL_MAN_DIR = $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/man
 INSTALL_ELISP_DIR = $(INSTALL_PREFIX)/lib/mercury/elisp
+INSTALL_CGI_DIR = @CGIDIR@
 
 # These scripts are generated by configure from the corresponding `.in' file
 INSTALL_SCRIPTS		= scripts/c2init scripts/mmc \
@@ -22,6 +23,8 @@ INSTALL_SCRIPTS		= scripts/c2init scripts/mmc \
 			scripts/ml scripts/mmake scripts/mprof \
 			scripts/mdb scripts/mkfifo_using_mknod
 
+INSTALL_CGI_SCRIPTS	= scripts/mdprof
+
 INSTALL_EMACS_SCRIPTS	= scripts/gud.el
 
 INSTALL_MMAKE_EXTRAS	= scripts/Mmake.rules scripts/Mmake.vars
@@ -40,6 +43,8 @@ UTILS			= $(UTIL_PROGFILENAMES) util/mtags \
 			  util/mprof_merge_runs util/vpath_find \
 			  util/mercury_cleanup_install
 
+ENABLE_DEEP_PROFILER    = @ENABLE_DEEP_PROFILER@
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
 all:
@@ -50,12 +55,17 @@ all:
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: install_lib install_info install_man \
-		install_scripts install_emacs_scripts \
+		install_scripts install_emacs_scripts install_cgi_scripts \
 		install_mmake install_mdb install_util
 	@echo
 	@echo "-- Don't forget to add $(INSTALL_BINDIR) to your PATH,"
 	@echo "-- $(INSTALL_MAN_DIR) to your MANPATH,"
 	@echo "-- and $(INSTALL_INFODIR) to your INFOPATH,"
+	@if test $(ENABLE_DEEP_PROFILER) != yes || \
+		cmp -s scripts/mdprof.in $(INSTALL_CGI_DIR)/mdprof; \
+	then true ; else \
+		echo "-- to copy scripts/mdprof to $(INSTALL_CGI_DIR),"; \
+	fi
 	@echo "-- and to add the following lines to the \`.emacs' file"
 	@echo "-- in your home directory:"
 	@echo "	(setq load-path (cons (expand-file-name "
@@ -104,6 +114,17 @@ install_emacs_scripts:
 	test -d $(INSTALL_ELISP_DIR) || mkdir -p $(INSTALL_ELISP_DIR)
 	cp $(INSTALL_EMACS_SCRIPTS) $(INSTALL_ELISP_DIR)
 
+.PHONY: install_cgi_scripts
+install_cgi_scripts: $(INSTALL_CGI_SCRIPTS)
+	# $(INSTALL_CGI_DIR) is likely to be writeable only by root or
+	# the www system administrator, which is why we don't consider a
+	# failure of this action to be an error. If the command fails,
+	# the install action in ../Mmakefile will remind the user to do
+	# the copy later.
+	-if test $(ENABLE_DEEP_PROFILER) = yes ; then \
+		cp $(INSTALL_CGI_SCRIPTS) $(INSTALL_CGI_DIR) ; \
+	fi
+
 .PHONY: install_mmake
 install_mmake: 
 	test -d $(INSTALL_LIBDIR)/mmake || mkdir -p $(INSTALL_LIBDIR)/mmake
diff --git a/bindist/bindist.build_vars.in b/bindist/bindist.build_vars.in
index ae20ec380..b164be47a 100644
--- a/bindist/bindist.build_vars.in
+++ b/bindist/bindist.build_vars.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # @configure_input@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-# Copyright (C) 1996-2000 The University of Melbourne.
+# Copyright (C) 1996-2001 The University of Melbourne.
 # This file may only be copied under the terms of the GNU General
 # Public License - see the file COPYING in the Mercury distribution.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------#
@@ -52,3 +52,5 @@ LINK_LIB="@LINK_LIB@"
 LINK_OPT_SEP="@LINK_OPT_SEP@"
 CYGPATH="@CYGPATH@"
 MATH_LIB="@MATH_LIB@"
+CGIDIR="@CGIDIR@"
+ENABLE_DEEP_PROFILER="@ENABLE_DEEP_PROFILER@"
diff --git a/bindist/bindist.configure.in b/bindist/bindist.configure.in
index 82b6fe748..77e956d77 100644
--- a/bindist/bindist.configure.in
+++ b/bindist/bindist.configure.in
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ AC_SUBST(LINK_OPT_SEP)
 AC_SUBST(CYGPATH)
 AC_SUBST(MATH_LIB)
 AC_SUBST(SHARED_LIBS_SH)
+AC_SUBST(CGIDIR)
+AC_SUBST(ENABLE_DEEP_PROFILER)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 AC_PROG_RANLIB
@@ -221,7 +223,7 @@ AC_SUBST_FILE(CANONICAL_GRADE)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 MERCURY_CHECK_READLINE
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#
-AC_OUTPUT(Makefile scripts/mmc scripts/mercury.bat scripts/mprof
+AC_OUTPUT(Makefile scripts/mmc scripts/mercury.bat scripts/mprof scripts/mdprof
 scripts/mercury_update_interface scripts/mgnuc scripts/ml
 scripts/mmake scripts/c2init scripts/sicstus_conv
 scripts/mkfifo_using_mknod scripts/Mmake.vars