diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d1441f..b15f779 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -258,15 +258,15 @@ endif()
 ###
 ### General install settings
 ###
-set(INCLUDE_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
+set(INCLUDE_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR include)
 
 set(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR}/yaml-cpp)
-set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
+set(LIB_INSTALL_DIR "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
 
 set(_INSTALL_DESTINATIONS
-	RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin
+	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
 	LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
-	ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}"
+	ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}
 )
 
 
@@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/yaml-cpp-config.cmake.in
 	"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/yaml-cpp-config.cmake" @ONLY)
 
 if(WIN32 AND NOT CYGWIN)
-	set(INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/CMake)
+	set(INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR CMake)
 else()
 	set(INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/cmake/yaml-cpp)
 endif()
 
-file(RELATIVE_PATH REL_INCLUDE_DIR "${INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR}" "${INCLUDE_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR}")
+file(RELATIVE_PATH REL_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR}" "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${INCLUDE_INSTALL_ROOT_DIR}")
 set(CONFIG_INCLUDE_DIRS "\${YAML_CPP_CMAKE_DIR}/${REL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/yaml-cpp-config.cmake.in
 	"${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/yaml-cpp-config.cmake" @ONLY)