diff -up ./src/CMakeLists.txt.orig ./src/CMakeLists.txt
--- ./src/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2015-12-25 20:23:35.000000000 +0100
+++ ./src/CMakeLists.txt	2016-12-09 14:55:18.122575245 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 set(SOURCES cbor.c cbor/streaming.c cbor/internal/encoders.c cbor/internal/builder_callbacks.c cbor/internal/loaders.c cbor/internal/stack.c cbor/internal/unicode.c cbor/encoding.c cbor/serialization.c cbor/arrays.c cbor/common.c cbor/floats_ctrls.c cbor/bytestrings.c cbor/callbacks.c cbor/strings.c cbor/maps.c cbor/tags.c cbor/ints.c)
 
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
 set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
 
 
@@ -20,9 +22,9 @@ configure_file(libcbor.pc.in libcbor.pc
 
 #http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake:Install_Commands
 
-install(TARGETS cbor cbor_shared
-	ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib
-	LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+install(TARGETS cbor  cbor_shared
+	ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+	LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 
 install(DIRECTORY cbor DESTINATION include
@@ -31,4 +33,4 @@ install(DIRECTORY cbor DESTINATION inclu
 install(FILES cbor.h DESTINATION include)
 
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libcbor.pc"
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig")
+	DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig")
diff -up ./src/libcbor.pc.in.orig ./src/libcbor.pc.in
--- ./src/libcbor.pc.in.orig	2015-12-25 20:23:35.000000000 +0100
+++ ./src/libcbor.pc.in	2016-12-09 14:08:06.675665595 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 prefix=@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@
 exec_prefix=${prefix}
-libdir=${prefix}/lib
+libdir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@
 includedir=${prefix}/include
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@