diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f513462c..02f07eab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ INCLUDE(CheckSymbolExists)
 INCLUDE(CheckTypeSize)
 INCLUDE(CheckLibraryExists)
 INCLUDE(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+INCLUDE(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 
 # CMake configuration
@@ -194,55 +195,20 @@ ENDIF()
 
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR lib CACHE PATH "Output directory for libraries")
 
-# Automatically set lib suffix
-IF(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT EXISTS "/etc/debian_version")
-	IF(CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 AND NOT LIB_SUFFIX)
-		# ...only if LIB_SUFFIX is not defined...
-		IF(NOT DEFINED LIB_SUFFIX)
-			# ...and if CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR does not already contain the suffix
-			IF(NOT "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" MATCHES ".*64.*")
-				SET(LIB_SUFFIX 64)
-			ENDIF()
-		ENDIF()
-	ENDIF()
-ENDIF()
-
-# Determine library installation dir, in this order:
-#   1) use VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR if set
-#   2) use LIB_INSTALL_DIR if defined
-#   3) use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR if set
-#      if it is a relative path, prepend CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to it
-#   4) use CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX/lib
-IF(NOT DEFINED VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR)
-	IF(DEFINED LIB_INSTALL_DIR)
-		SET(VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR})
-	# respect CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR if set
-	ELSEIF(DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR)
-		SET(VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-		IF(IS_ABSOLUTE ${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
-			SET(VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIB_SUFFIX})
-		ELSE()
-			SET(VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIB_SUFFIX})
-		ENDIF()
-	ELSE()
-		SET(VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
-	ENDIF()
-ENDIF()
-
 # Installation of libraries
 IF(VMIME_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY)
 	INSTALL(
 		TARGETS ${VMIME_LIBRARY_NAME}
-		LIBRARY DESTINATION "${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT sharedlibs
-		ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT sharedlibs
+		LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT sharedlibs
+		ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT sharedlibs
 	)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF(VMIME_BUILD_STATIC_LIBRARY)
 	INSTALL(
 		TARGETS ${VMIME_LIBRARY_NAME}-static
-		LIBRARY DESTINATION "${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT staticlibs
-		ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT staticlibs
+		LIBRARY DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT staticlibs
+		ARCHIVE DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT staticlibs
 	)
 ENDIF()
 
@@ -411,9 +377,9 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(
 
 # PkgConfig
 SET(prefix      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
-SET(exec_prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
-SET(includedir  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/vmime)
-SET(libdir      ${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+SET(exec_prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+SET(includedir  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/vmime)
+SET(libdir      ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
 SET(VMIME_PKGCONFIG_LIBS     "")
 SET(VMIME_PKGCONFIG_CFLAGS   "")
@@ -1118,7 +1084,7 @@ CONFIGURE_FILE(cmake/config.hpp.cmake ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/vmime/config.hpp)
 
 # PkgConfig post-configuration
 CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/vmime.pc.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vmime.pc @ONLY)
-INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vmime.pc DESTINATION "${VMIME_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig" COMPONENT headers)
+INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vmime.pc DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig" COMPONENT headers)
 
 INCLUDE(CPack)