diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index baa1f7b0..e01f9a6d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ if (SP3_LINK_TO_USER_SITE AND SP3_PYTHON_PACKAGES_LINK_DIRECTORY)
                 install(CODE "\
                     execute_process( \
                         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink \
-                        ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/${SP3_PYTHON_PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}/${directory}/ \
+                        ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${SP3_PYTHON_PACKAGES_DIRECTORY}/${directory}/ \
                         ${SP3_PYTHON_PACKAGES_LINK_DIRECTORY}/${directory}   \
                     )"
                 )