diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f56597..c22e71a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ install(DIRECTORY
 if (WIN32)
 install(TARGETS avro-static
         RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+		LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
        )
 else(WIN32)
 install(TARGETS avro-static avro-shared
         RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+		LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+		ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
        )
 endif(WIN32)
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ set(prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 set(VERSION ${AVRO_VERSION})
 configure_file(avro-c.pc.in avro-c.pc)
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/avro-c.pc
-        DESTINATION lib/pkgconfig)
+	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)
 
 add_executable(avrocat avrocat.c)
 target_link_libraries(avrocat avro-static)