diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b6df5714..438944719 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ IF(AWESOME_GENERATE_MAN)
 ENDIF()
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS ${PROJECT_AWE_NAME} ${PROJECT_AWECLIENT_NAME} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
-INSTALL(FILES ${AWE_LUA_FILES} DESTINATION ${AWESOME_LUA_LIB_PATH})
-INSTALL(FILES ${AWE_CONF_FILES} DESTINATION ${AWESOME_CONF_PATH})
+INSTALL(FILES ${AWE_LUA_FILES} DESTINATION ${AWESOME_REL_LUA_LIB_PATH})
+INSTALL(FILES ${AWE_CONF_FILES} DESTINATION ${AWESOME_REL_CONF_PATH})
 INSTALL(FILES ${AWE_MAN1_NAME} DESTINATION ${AWESOME_MAN1_PATH})
 INSTALL(FILES ${AWE_MAN5_NAME} DESTINATION ${AWESOME_MAN5_PATH})
-INSTALL(DIRECTORY ${AWE_ICON_DIR} DESTINATION ${AWESOME_DATA_PATH})
+INSTALL(DIRECTORY ${AWE_ICON_DIR} DESTINATION ${AWESOME_REL_ICON_PATH})
 
 # vim: filetype=cmake:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:encoding=utf-8:textwidth=80
diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 7923007fb..abb4547e6 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -116,12 +116,15 @@ SET(AWESOME_COMPILE_BY       $ENV{USER} )
 SET(AWESOME_RELEASE          ${VERSION} )
 SET(AWESOME_ETC              etc )
 SET(AWESOME_SHARE            share )
-SET(AWESOME_DATA_PATH        ${AWESOME_SHARE}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME} )
-SET(AWESOME_LUA_LIB_PATH     ${AWESOME_SHARE}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME}/lib )
-SET(AWESOME_ICON_PATH        ${AWESOME_SHARE}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME}/icons )
-SET(AWESOME_CONF_PATH        ${AWESOME_ETC}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME} )
+SET(AWESOME_LUA_LIB_PATH     ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${AWESOME_SHARE}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME}/lib )
+SET(AWESOME_ICON_PATH        ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${AWESOME_SHARE}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME}/icons )
+SET(AWESOME_CONF_PATH        ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${AWESOME_ETC}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME} )
 SET(AWESOME_MAN1_PATH        ${AWESOME_SHARE}/man/man1 )
 SET(AWESOME_MAN5_PATH        ${AWESOME_SHARE}/man/man5 )
+SET(AWESOME_REL_LUA_LIB_PATH ${AWESOME_SHARE}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME}/lib )
+SET(AWESOME_REL_CONF_PATH    ${AWESOME_ETC}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME} )
+SET(AWESOME_REL_ICON_PATH    ${AWESOME_SHARE}/${PROJECT_AWE_NAME} )
+
 
 # Configure awesome config.h from template
 CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.h.in