diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca5afba86d19..ed69e4043c3d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
 if (CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
   project(libcxx CXX C)
 
+  include(GNUInstallDirs)
+
   set(PACKAGE_NAME libcxx)
   set(PACKAGE_VERSION 5.0.0)
   set(PACKAGE_STRING "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${PACKAGE_VERSION}")
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/HandleLibCXXABI.cmake b/cmake/Modules/HandleLibCXXABI.cmake
index b1f6bee8f945..1b455fceed7f 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/HandleLibCXXABI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/HandleLibCXXABI.cmake
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ macro(setup_abi_lib abidefines abilib abifiles abidirs)
           )
         if (LIBCXX_INSTALL_HEADERS)
           install(FILES "${LIBCXX_BINARY_INCLUDE_DIR}/${fpath}"
-            DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}include/c++/v1/${dstdir}
+            DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/c++/v1/${dstdir}
             COMPONENT libcxx
             PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ
             )
diff --git a/include/CMakeLists.txt b/include/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a1b2ccdc426..106d3d6c1d3c 100644
--- a/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (LIBCXX_INSTALL_HEADERS)
   install(DIRECTORY .
-    DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}include/c++/v1
+    DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/c++/v1
     COMPONENT cxx-headers
     FILES_MATCHING
     ${LIBCXX_HEADER_PATTERN}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if (LIBCXX_INSTALL_HEADERS)
     set(generated_config_deps generate_config_header)
     # Install the generated header as __config.
     install(FILES ${LIBCXX_BINARY_DIR}/__generated_config
-      DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}include/c++/v1
+      DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/c++/v1
       PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ OWNER_WRITE GROUP_READ WORLD_READ
       RENAME __config
       COMPONENT cxx-headers)
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 578651423f3b..277befd631ac 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -355,8 +355,8 @@ if (LIBCXX_INSTALL_LIBRARY)
     set(experimental_lib cxx_experimental)
   endif()
   install(TARGETS ${LIBCXX_TARGETS} ${experimental_lib}
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}lib${LIBCXX_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} COMPONENT cxx
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}lib${LIBCXX_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} COMPONENT cxx
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIBCXX_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} COMPONENT cxx
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIBCXX_LIBDIR_SUFFIX} COMPONENT cxx
     )
   # NOTE: This install command must go after the cxx install command otherwise
   # it will not be executed after the library symlinks are installed.
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ if (LIBCXX_INSTALL_LIBRARY)
     # Replace the libc++ filename with $<TARGET_LINKER_FILE:cxx>
     # after we required CMake 3.0.
     install(FILES "${LIBCXX_LIBRARY_DIR}/libc++${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
-      DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}lib${LIBCXX_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}
+      DESTINATION ${LIBCXX_INSTALL_PREFIX}${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}${LIBCXX_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}
       COMPONENT libcxx)
   endif()
 endif()