--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,9 +52,10 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 set(destination ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 configure_file("lmfit.pc.in" "lmfit.pc" @ONLY)
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lmfit.pc"
-    DESTINATION "${destination}/lib/pkgconfig/")
+	DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig/")
 
 include(CTest)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(demo)
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ link_libm(${lib})
 
 install(
     TARGETS ${lib}
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${destination}/lib
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${destination}/lib
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${destination}/lib
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/lib
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/lib
     COMPONENT Libraries)
 install(
     FILES ${inc_files}
-    DESTINATION ${destination}/include
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/include
     COMPONENT Headers)
 
 if(WIN32)
--- a/man/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ function(one_page pname section)
         )
     install(
         FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${pname}.${section}
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man${section}"
+	DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man${section}"
         )
     install(
         FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${pname}.html
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/doc/lmfit/html"
+	DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}/html"
         )
 endfunction()