diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 80fa907c..678bb063 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,11 +6,9 @@ project( exiv2 )
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 include(CheckFunctionExists)
 
-if (NOT MSVC)
-    set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
-    set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
-    set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
-endif()
+set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 
 set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)