diff -Naur a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2016-04-12 17:39:03.000000000 +0200
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2016-04-16 13:30:27.339900905 +0200
@@ -55,20 +55,31 @@
 
 find_package(PythonInterp 3.4.0 REQUIRED)
 
+if(NOT PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR)
+    if(APPLE OR WIN32)
+        set(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}/site-packages CACHE
+STRING "Directory to install Python bindings to")
+    else()
+        set(PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/dist-packages CACHE
+STRING "Directory to install Python bindings to")
+    endif()
+endif()
+
 install(DIRECTORY resources
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cura)
 install(DIRECTORY plugins
-        DESTINATION lib/cura)
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cura)
+
 if(NOT APPLE AND NOT WIN32)
     install(FILES cura_app.py
             DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
             PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE
             RENAME cura)
     install(DIRECTORY cura
-            DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/dist-packages
+            DESTINATION ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}
             FILES_MATCHING PATTERN *.py)
     install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/CuraVersion.py
-            DESTINATION lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}/dist-packages/cura)
+            DESTINATION ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES_DIR}/cura)
     install(FILES cura.desktop
             DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/applications)
     install(FILES cura.sharedmimeinfo