diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4db3328deb9c..74b39acfe588 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 5.0.0)
   set(PACKAGE_STRING "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index adcc412880c9..71758665af05 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ endif()
 add_custom_target(cxxabi DEPENDS ${LIBCXXABI_TARGETS})
 
 install(TARGETS ${LIBCXXABI_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
   )
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)