diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e0673156..33b7582c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ if(EXISTS "${LOC_PATH}")
     message(FATAL_ERROR "You cannot build in a source directory (or any directory with a CMakeLists.txt file). Please make a build subdirectory. Feel free to remove CMakeCache.txt and CMakeFiles.")
 endif()
 
-
+# Use RPATH for install
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+ 
+# add the automatically determined parts of the RPATH
+# which point to directories outside the build tree to the install RPATH
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 ###########################################################
 # Set default build type
 set(default_build_type "Release")