diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b52159bff..eedf014b1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 	set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Release CACHE STRING "Build type (e.g. Release or Debug)" FORCE)
 endif()
 
-set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+if (NOT DEFINED LIBDIR)
+	set(LIBDIR "lib")
+endif()
+
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIBDIR}")
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
@@ -365,7 +369,7 @@ if(BUILD_SHARED)
 	if(BUILD_STATIC)
 		add_library(${BINARY_NAME}-static STATIC ${SRC})
 		set_target_properties(${BINARY_NAME}-static PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${FEATURE_DEFINES}")
-		install(TARGETS ${BINARY_NAME}-static DESTINATION lib COMPONENT lib${BINARY_NAME})
+		install(TARGETS ${BINARY_NAME}-static DESTINATION ${LIBDIR} COMPONENT lib${BINARY_NAME})
 		add_dependencies(${BINARY_NAME}-static version-info)
 	endif()
 else()
@@ -375,7 +379,7 @@ endif()
 add_dependencies(${BINARY_NAME} version-info)
 
 target_link_libraries(${BINARY_NAME} ${DEBUGGER_LIB} ${DEPENDENCY_LIB} ${OS_LIB})
-install(TARGETS ${BINARY_NAME} DESTINATION lib COMPONENT lib${BINARY_NAME})
+install(TARGETS ${BINARY_NAME} DESTINATION ${LIBDIR} COMPONENT lib${BINARY_NAME})
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/res/mgba-16.png DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps RENAME mgba.png COMPONENT lib${BINARY_NAME})
 	install(FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/res/mgba-24.png DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps RENAME mgba.png COMPONENT lib${BINARY_NAME})