diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d6648ede1f59..55a8f17ca5e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
 if (CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   project(libcxxabi CXX C)
 
+  include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
   set(PACKAGE_NAME libcxxabi)
   set(PACKAGE_VERSION 7.0.0svn)
   set(PACKAGE_STRING "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 776c51294330..314b45feac69 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ add_custom_target(cxxabi DEPENDS ${LIBCXXABI_BUILD_TARGETS})
 
 if (LIBCXXABI_INSTALL_LIBRARY)
   install(TARGETS ${LIBCXXABI_INSTALL_TARGETS}
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIBCXXABI_INSTALL_PREFIX}lib${LIBCXXABI_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} COMPONENT cxxabi
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIBCXXABI_INSTALL_PREFIX}lib${LIBCXXABI_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} COMPONENT cxxabi
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIBCXXABI_INSTALL_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIBCXXABI_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} COMPONENT cxxabi
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIBCXXABI_INSTALL_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIBCXXABI_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} COMPONENT cxxabi
     )
 endif()