diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0431bae5786ac9014b88fff87319227f8cf6e380..56c454c052fbccc8250f4ab3662724c5280413b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules" ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH})
 #set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "$ENV{SIMPATH}/share/cmake/ZeroMQ" ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
 set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{SIMPATH} ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
 
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR lib)
+
 # Check if the compiler support specific C++11 features
 # Up to now this is only a check since the code does not use
 # any of the features of the new standard
diff --git a/external/InstallGtest.cmake b/external/InstallGtest.cmake
index 781eee1d7298a9d7ff557169eeee94db9bc86603..aa836f92be2b1b17cdfa837cc69d63f9b2ffe8cd 100644
--- a/external/InstallGtest.cmake
+++ b/external/InstallGtest.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(GTEST
              -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
              -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
              -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
+             -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   INSTALL_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build . --target install
 )