diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 985dfd703a1..808eb4bcb36 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,19 @@ include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
 
 enable_language(C ASM)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
+# for erasure and compressor plugins
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PKGLIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
+# to be compatible with configure_files shared with autoconfig
+set(bindir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+set(sbindir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SBINDIR})
+set(libdir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+set(sysconfdir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR})
+set(pkgdatadir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR})
+set(datadir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
 set(prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 
 add_definitions("-DCEPH_LIBDIR=\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}\"")
-add_definitions("-DCEPH_PKGLIBDIR=\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}\"")
+add_definitions("-DCEPH_PKGLIBDIR=\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PKGLIBDIR}\"")
 add_definitions("-DHAVE_CONFIG_H -D__CEPH__ -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_REENTRANT -D_THREAD_SAFE -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D_GNU_SOURCE")
 
 set(CMAKE_ASM_COMPILER  ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/yasm-wrapper)