diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e44a103648f9..aaf1f9555d7f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
 if (CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR OR LIBUNWIND_STANDALONE_BUILD)
   project(libunwind LANGUAGES C CXX ASM)
 
+  include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
   # Rely on llvm-config.
   set(CONFIG_OUTPUT)
   if(NOT LLVM_CONFIG_PATH)
@@ -192,17 +194,17 @@ string(REGEX MATCH "[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?" CLANG_VERSION
 
 if(LLVM_ENABLE_PER_TARGET_RUNTIME_DIR AND NOT APPLE)
   set(LIBUNWIND_LIBRARY_DIR ${LLVM_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_INTDIR}/${LLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE}/c++)
-  set(LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR lib${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}/${LLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE}/c++)
+  set(LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}/${LLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE}/c++)
   if(LIBCXX_LIBDIR_SUBDIR)
     string(APPEND LIBUNWIND_LIBRARY_DIR /${LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUBDIR})
     string(APPEND LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR /${LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUBDIR})
   endif()
 elseif(LLVM_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_INTDIR)
   set(LIBUNWIND_LIBRARY_DIR ${LLVM_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_INTDIR})
-  set(LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR lib${LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUFFIX})
+  set(LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUFFIX})
 else()
   set(LIBUNWIND_LIBRARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib${LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUFFIX})
-  set(LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR lib${LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUFFIX})
+  set(LIBUNWIND_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIBUNWIND_LIBDIR_SUFFIX})
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${LIBUNWIND_LIBRARY_DIR})