diff --git a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e8ee816b..ff1981d84 100644
--- a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ endif()
 message(STATUS "Python 3 site packages: ${_PYTHON3_SITE_ARCH}")
 message(STATUS "Python 3 extension suffix: ${Python3_SOABI}")
 
-install(TARGETS python-libtorrent DESTINATION "${_PYTHON3_SITE_ARCH}")
+install(TARGETS python-libtorrent DESTINATION "\$ENV{DESTDIR}${_PYTHON3_SITE_ARCH}")
 
 if (python-egg-info)
 	set(SETUP_PY_IN "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/setup.py.cmake.in")