diff --git a/cmake/AddEventLibrary.cmake b/cmake/AddEventLibrary.cmake
index 752255000632f8a0fe670c2f665d63d35279ef8b..04f5837e98604c4186cf7df4a35baac14024f17e 100644
--- a/cmake/AddEventLibrary.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AddEventLibrary.cmake
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ macro(add_event_library LIB_NAME)
                 "${LIB_NAME}_shared" PROPERTIES
                 OUTPUT_NAME "${LIB_NAME}-${EVENT_PACKAGE_RELEASE}"
                 VERSION "${CURRENT_MINUS_AGE}.${EVENT_ABI_LIBVERSION_AGE}.${EVENT_ABI_LIBVERSION_REVISION}"
-                SOVERSION "${CURRENT_MINUS_AGE}")
+                SOVERSION "${CURRENT_MINUS_AGE}"
+                INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
         endif()
 
         if (NOT WIN32)