diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d070c6d3..46f3b0372 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ mark_as_advanced(
     ZM_PATH_ARP 
     ZM_CONFIG_DIR
     ZM_CONFIG_SUBDIR
-    ZM_SYSTEMD)
+    ZM_SYSTEMD
+    ZM_MANPAGE_DEST_PREFIX)
 
 set(ZM_RUNDIR "/var/run/zm" CACHE PATH 
     "Location of transient process files, default: /var/run/zm")
@@ -210,6 +211,10 @@ set(ZM_TARGET_DISTRO "" CACHE STRING
     "Build ZoneMinder for a specific distribution.  Currently, valid names are: fc27, fc26, el7, OS13, FreeBSD")
 set(ZM_SYSTEMD "OFF" CACHE BOOL 
     "Set to ON to force building ZM with systemd support. default: OFF")
+set(ZM_MANPAGE_DEST_PREFIX "share/man" CACHE PATH 
+	"Relative path used to install ZoneMinder's Man pages into a
+         non-standard folder. Most Linux users will not need to change this.
+         BSD users may need to set this.")
 
 # Reassign some variables if a target distro has been specified
 if((ZM_TARGET_DISTRO MATCHES "^el") OR (ZM_TARGET_DISTRO MATCHES "^fc"))
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Pod2Man.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Pod2Man.cmake
index 6804fab53..f1bc2faf6 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Pod2Man.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Pod2Man.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # To use it, include this file in CMakeLists.txt and
 # invoke POD2MAN(<podfile> <manfile> <section>)
 
-MACRO(POD2MAN PODFILE MANFILE SECTION)
+MACRO(POD2MAN PODFILE MANFILE SECTION MANPAGE_DEST_PREFIX)
 	FIND_PROGRAM(POD2MAN pod2man)
 	FIND_PROGRAM(GZIP gzip)
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ MACRO(POD2MAN PODFILE MANFILE SECTION)
 
 	INSTALL(
 		FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${MANFILE}.${SECTION}.gz
-		DESTINATION share/man/man${SECTION}
+		DESTINATION ${MANPAGE_DEST_PREFIX}/man${SECTION}
     	)
 ENDMACRO(POD2MAN PODFILE MANFILE SECTION)
 
diff --git a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index f1bfa2ed1..3ecded8db 100644
--- a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ configure_file(zm.in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zm" @ONLY)
 file(GLOB perlscripts "*.pl")
 FOREACH(PERLSCRIPT ${perlscripts})
     get_filename_component(PERLSCRIPTNAME ${PERLSCRIPT} NAME)
-    POD2MAN(${PERLSCRIPT} zoneminder-${PERLSCRIPTNAME} 8)
+    POD2MAN(${PERLSCRIPT} zoneminder-${PERLSCRIPTNAME} 8 ${ZM_MANPAGE_DEST_PREFIX})
 ENDFOREACH(PERLSCRIPT ${perlscripts})
 
 # Install the perl scripts
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a87abe955..309a2c05f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ target_link_libraries(zms zm ${ZM_EXTRA_LIBS} ${ZM_BIN_LIBS})
 
 # Generate man files for the binaries destined for the bin folder
 FOREACH(CBINARY zma zmc zmu)
-    POD2MAN(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${CBINARY}.cpp zoneminder-${CBINARY} 8)
+    POD2MAN(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${CBINARY}.cpp zoneminder-${CBINARY} 8 ${ZM_MANPAGE_DEST_PREFIX})
 ENDFOREACH(CBINARY zma zmc zmu)
 
 install(TARGETS zmc zma zmu RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_BINDIR}" PERMISSIONS OWNER_WRITE OWNER_READ OWNER_EXECUTE GROUP_READ GROUP_EXECUTE WORLD_READ WORLD_EXECUTE)