diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index da7142c9b3c..c765889e99c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ add_definitions(-DCAFFE_VERSION=${CAFFE_TARGET_VERSION})
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules)
 
 include(ExternalProject)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 include(cmake/Utils.cmake)
 include(cmake/Targets.cmake)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 663d7360b7d..2a2300332ad 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ foreach(source_file ${examples_srcs})
   caffe_set_solution_folder(${name} examples)
 
   # install
-  install(TARGETS ${name} DESTINATION bin)
+  install(TARGETS ${name} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+
 
   if(UNIX OR APPLE)
     # Funny command to make tutorials work
diff --git a/src/caffe/CMakeLists.txt b/src/caffe/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a80c940488..5a1b73f7493 100644
--- a/src/caffe/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/caffe/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ set_target_properties(caffe PROPERTIES
  add_subdirectory(test)
 
 # ---[ Install
-install(DIRECTORY ${Caffe_INCLUDE_DIR}/caffe DESTINATION include)
-install(FILES ${proto_hdrs} DESTINATION include/caffe/proto)
-install(TARGETS caffe proto EXPORT CaffeTargets DESTINATION lib)
+install(DIRECTORY ${Caffe_INCLUDE_DIR}/caffe DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+install(FILES ${proto_hdrs} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/caffe/proto)
+install(TARGETS caffe proto EXPORT CaffeTargets DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
 file(WRITE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/__init__.py)
 list(APPEND proto_python ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/__init__.py)
diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 02fbd5cadd8..3789450555e 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,5 +25,6 @@ foreach(source ${srcs})
   endif()
 
   # Install
-  install(TARGETS ${name} DESTINATION bin)
+  install(TARGETS ${name} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+
 endforeach(source)