diff --git a/contrib/its/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/its/CMakeLists.txt
index 58288663..8b6b1220 100644
--- a/contrib/its/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/its/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 # Gettext ITS information for MetaInfo files
 
-install(FILES metainfo.its metainfo.loc DESTINATION share/gettext/its)
+install(FILES metainfo.its metainfo.loc
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/gettext/its)
diff --git a/contrib/vapi/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
index eff40800..43219662 100644
--- a/contrib/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ add_custom_command (OUTPUT ${APPSTREAM_VAPI_FILE}
 )
 add_custom_target(vapi ALL DEPENDS ${APPSTREAM_VAPI_FILE})
 
-install(FILES ${APPSTREAM_VAPI_FILE} DESTINATION share/vala/vapi)
+install(FILES ${APPSTREAM_VAPI_FILE} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/vala/vapi)
 
 endif()
diff --git a/data/CMakeLists.txt b/data/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a366b69..9ae7898a 100644
--- a/data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ add_custom_target (merge-l10n ALL
 )
 
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/org.freedesktop.appstream.cli.metainfo.xml
-	DESTINATION share/metainfo
+	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/metainfo
 )
diff --git a/data/cmake/GObjectIntrospectionMacros.cmake b/data/cmake/GObjectIntrospectionMacros.cmake
index 118abf58..92742fdd 100644
--- a/data/cmake/GObjectIntrospectionMacros.cmake
+++ b/data/cmake/GObjectIntrospectionMacros.cmake
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ macro(gir_add_introspections introspections_girs)
       VERBATIM
     )
     list(APPEND _gir_girs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${gir})
-    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${gir} DESTINATION share/gir-1.0)
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${gir} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/gir-1.0)
 
     string(REPLACE ".gir" ".typelib" _typelib "${gir}")
     add_custom_command(
diff --git a/data/cmake/documentation.cmake b/data/cmake/documentation.cmake
index c490e07c..fa99430a 100644
--- a/data/cmake/documentation.cmake
+++ b/data/cmake/documentation.cmake
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ macro(add_xml_manpages target manpages translations entities)
 		set(commands ${commands} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${manpage_name})
 
 		install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${manpage_name}
-				DESTINATION share/man/man${section})
+				DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man${section})
 
 		# Add the translations for the manpage.
 		foreach(translation ${translations})
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ macro(add_xml_manpages target manpages translations entities)
 
 			set(nls-cmd ${nls-cmd} ${transdir}/${manpage})
 			install(FILES ${transdir}/${manpage}
-				    DESTINATION share/man/${translation}/man${section})
+				    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/${translation}/man${section})
 
 		endforeach(translation ${translations})
 	endforeach(manpage ${manpages})
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ macro(add_manpages target manpages translations)
 		string(LENGTH ${man} manpage_length)
 		math(EXPR manpage_length ${manpage_length}-1)
 		string(SUBSTRING ${man} ${manpage_length} 1 section)
-		install(FILES ${man} DESTINATION share/man/man${section})
+		install(FILES ${man} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man${section})
 
 		if (USE_NLS)
 			foreach(translation ${translations})
 				set(transdir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${translation})
 				add_po4a(man ${man} po/${translation}.po ${transdir}/${man} "")
 				install(FILES ${transdir}/${man}
-						DESTINATION share/man/${translation}/man${section})
+						DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/${translation}/man${section})
 				set(files ${files} ${transdir}/${man})
 			endforeach(translation ${translations})
 		endif(USE_NLS)