diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index 8e4d72f7d688e1cb64403734d20ba2677e73faec..92319ff3699bb8cf0cd65202d92edd6e216113b0 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ Frontend Interface
 %defattr(0755,root,root)
 %{_libdir}/libXrdCtaMessages.a
 %{_includedir}/cta
-%{_includedir}/cta/messages
+%{_includedir}/cta/xroot_plugins/messages
 
 %package -n cta-cli
 Summary: CERN Tape Archive: command line interface
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/messages/CMakeLists.txt b/xroot_plugins/messages/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b33fc4c467251275e5f0b7504cd5cf41cd4a9cf..c33f670a2ddbc223d8c953be7d3eedec5411a982 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/messages/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/xroot_plugins/messages/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ install (TARGETS XrdCtaMessages DESTINATION usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
 install (
   FILES ${ProtoHeaders}
-  DESTINATION usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/cta/messages
+  DESTINATION usr/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/cta/xroot_plugins/messages
 )
 
 install (