diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ option(DOCS_PATH
 
 # Set static/dynamic build options
 SET(LIB_TYPE STATIC)
-SET(RUNTIME_INSTALL_DIR lib)
+SET(RUNTIME_INSTALL_DIR bin)
 SET(LIBRARY_INSTALL_DIR lib)
 SET(ARCHIVE_INSTALL_DIR lib)
 IF (ALEMBIC_SHARED_LIBS)
diff --git a/lib/Alembic/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/Alembic/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lib/Alembic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/Alembic/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,12 +78,11 @@ option(DOCS_PATH
     ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
   )
 
-SET( ALEMBIC_LIB_INSTALL_DIR lib CACHE PATH "Where to install the Alembic libs")
 INSTALL(TARGETS Alembic
         EXPORT AlembicTargets
-        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ALEMBIC_LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
-        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ALEMBIC_LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ALEMBIC_LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIBRARY_INSTALL_DIR}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ARCHIVE_INSTALL_DIR}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${RUNTIME_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 #-******************************************************************************
 # PACKAGE EXPORTS