diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e8126af9c43e5ff25f70295a70493b5321e6566c..6ba6678a8ab73b54f713651ba6842664f3b02daf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ elseif(APPLE)
 	set(DOCDIR "share/doc/minetest")
 	set(EXAMPLE_CONF_DIR ".")
 elseif(UNIX) # Linux, BSD etc
-	set(DATADIR "usr/share/minetest")
-	set(BINDIR "usr/bin")
-	set(DOCDIR "usr/share/doc/minetest")
-	set(EXAMPLE_CONF_DIR "usr/share/doc/minetest")
+	set(DATADIR "share/minetest")
+	set(BINDIR "bin")
+	set(DOCDIR "share/doc/minetest")
+	set(EXAMPLE_CONF_DIR "share/doc/minetest")
 endif()
 
 install(FILES "doc/README.txt" DESTINATION "${DOCDIR}")