diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f40bf1d..b123d09 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -333,5 +333,9 @@ endif (ENABLE_COMPRESSION)
 set_target_properties(rsync PROPERTIES VERSION ${LIBRSYNC_VERSION}
         SOVERSION ${LIBRSYNC_MAJOR_VERSION})
-install(TARGETS rsync ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} DESTINATION lib)
+
+if (NOT TARGET_LIBDIR)
+  set(TARGET_LIBDIR lib)
+endif()
+install(TARGETS rsync ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS} DESTINATION ${TARGET_LIBDIR})