diff --git a/development/cmake/modules/FindLyXGettext.cmake b/development/cmake/modules/FindLyXGettext.cmake
index 4f84edf79c..4474ba2186 100755
--- a/development/cmake/modules/FindLyXGettext.cmake
+++ b/development/cmake/modules/FindLyXGettext.cmake
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ MACRO(GETTEXT_CREATE_TRANSLATIONS _potFile _firstPoFile)
          DEPENDS ${_absPotFile} ${_absFile} 
       )
 
-      INSTALL(FILES ${_gmoFile} DESTINATION ${LYX_LOCALEDIR}/${_lang}/LC_MESSAGES RENAME ${_potBasename}.mo) 
+      INSTALL(FILES ${_gmoFile} DESTINATION ${LYX_ABS_INSTALLED_LOCALEDIR}/${_lang}/LC_MESSAGES RENAME ${_potBasename}.mo) 
       SET(_gmoFiles ${_gmoFiles} ${_gmoFile})
 
    ENDFOREACH (_currentPoFile )