diff --git a/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake b/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake
index af2c07dd70ecab431329184cb5a21f400065f4fb..6ec184f59b5c3aa92b1680d585656f26d4f195ea 100644
--- a/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake
+++ b/cmake/create_cmake_config_files.cmake
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #
 #######################################################################################################################
 
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
 # create variables for standard makefiles
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_CXX_FLAGS_MAKEFILE "${${PROJECT_NAME}_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
@@ -65,14 +67,14 @@ configure_file(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}-config.in "${PROJECT_
 
 # install cmake find_package configuration file
 install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake"
-  DESTINATION lib/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME} COMPONENT dev)
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME} COMPONENT dev)
 install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake"
-  DESTINATION lib/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME} COMPONENT dev)
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME} COMPONENT dev)
 
 # install same cmake configuration file another time into the Modules cmake subdirectory for compatibility reasons
 install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake"
-  DESTINATION share/cmake-${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}/Modules RENAME Find${PROJECT_NAME}.cmake COMPONENT dev)
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/cmake-${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}.${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}/Modules RENAME Find${PROJECT_NAME}.cmake COMPONENT dev)
 
 # install script for Makefiles
-install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}-config DESTINATION bin COMPONENT dev)
+install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}-config DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR} COMPONENT dev)