diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4af140da..d6880a70 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED( VERSION 3.1.0 )
 PROJECT( exiv2 )
 
+INCLUDE( GNUInstallDirs )
+
 set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
 
 SET( PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT      "Andreas Huggel" )
diff --git a/config/CMakeChecks.txt b/config/CMakeChecks.txt
index 3fe96295..f53f9e56 100644
--- a/config/CMakeChecks.txt
+++ b/config/CMakeChecks.txt
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 #
 # ConfigureChecks for exiv2
 
-INCLUDE( GNUInstallDirs )
-
 IF( EXIV2_ENABLE_SHARED )
     ADD_DEFINITIONS( -DEXV_HAVE_DLL )
     SET( STATIC_FLAG SHARED )
diff --git a/config/exiv2.pc.cmake b/config/exiv2.pc.cmake
index 256f8ac6..afc16e2b 100644
--- a/config/exiv2.pc.cmake
+++ b/config/exiv2.pc.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${prefix}/lib
-includedir=${prefix}/include
+libdir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_LIBDIR@
+includedir=@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: exiv2
 Description: Exif and IPTC metadata library and tools
diff --git a/po/CMakeLists.txt b/po/CMakeLists.txt
index 63b37733..69e8414b 100644
--- a/po/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/po/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 FILE(GLOB PO_FILES *.po)
 
 if ( NOT MSVC )
-	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_BINDIR})
 endif()
 
 UPDATE_TRANSLATIONS(exiv2 ${PO_FILES})
diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 59cf8f0b..7837d034 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
 
 if ( NOT MSVC )
-	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_BINDIR})
 endif()
 
 SET( SAMPLES addmoddel.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ foreach(entry ${SAMPLES})
     add_executable( ${target} ${target}.cpp )
     add_test( ${target}_test ${target} )
     target_link_libraries( ${target} PRIVATE exiv2lib)
-    install( TARGETS ${target} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+    install( TARGETS ${target} RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
 endforeach()
 
 ###################################
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ endif()
 add_executable(        exiv2json exiv2json.cpp Jzon.cpp)
 target_link_libraries( exiv2json PRIVATE exiv2lib)
 
-install( TARGETS metacopy pathtest exiv2json RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+install( TARGETS metacopy pathtest exiv2json RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
 
 if (MSVC)
     target_sources(pathtest PRIVATE ../src/getopt_win32.c)
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ endif()
 if( EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP )
     add_executable(        geotag    geotag.cpp)
     target_link_libraries( geotag    PRIVATE exiv2lib ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
-    install( TARGETS       geotag    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+    install( TARGETS       geotag    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
 endif()
 
 # ******************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 32680ed8..285fd97b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -263,12 +263,12 @@ IF (CYGWIN OR MINGW)
 ENDIF(CYGWIN OR MINGW)
 
 install(TARGETS exiv2lib
-     RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-     LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-     ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 )
 install(FILES ${LIBEXIV2_HDR}
-    DESTINATION include/exiv2
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/exiv2
 )
 
 include(../CMake_msvc.txt)
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ set( EXIV2_SRC  exiv2.cpp
 
 add_executable( exiv2 ${EXIV2_SRC} )
 target_link_libraries( exiv2 PRIVATE exiv2lib )
-install(TARGETS exiv2 RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+install(TARGETS exiv2 RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
 
 # TODO This should not be needed here! we need to fix the previous TODO
 target_include_directories(exiv2 PRIVATE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/)
diff --git a/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt b/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 75b4517e..15324e9f 100644
--- a/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xmpsdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if( EXIV2_ENABLE_LIBXMP )
 
     # 1119  Install libxmp.a for use by third party applications (Thanks, Emmanuel)
     install(TARGETS xmp
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     )
 endif()