diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1780e8b6c..4c001b98c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ set(ZM_PATH_ARP "" CACHE PATH
     "Full path to compatible arp binary. Leave empty for automatic detection.")
 set(ZM_CONFIG_DIR "/${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}" CACHE PATH 
     "Location of ZoneMinder configuration, default system config directory")
-set(ZM_CONFIG_SUBDIR "${ZM_CONFIG_DIR}/zm/conf.d" CACHE PATH 
+set(ZM_CONFIG_SUBDIR "${ZM_CONFIG_DIR}/conf.d" CACHE PATH 
     "Location of ZoneMinder configuration subfolder, default: ZM_CONFIG_DIR/conf.d")
 set(ZM_EXTRA_LIBS "" CACHE STRING 
     "A list of optional libraries, separated by semicolons, e.g. ssl;theora")