diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 43ad923e18245fd45be54cb6011b2f8380e52255..e701cc6d22732b9695a778794c44515e5b0833be 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ OPTION(SUFFIX_SO_VERSION "Suffix library name with its version" ON)
 SET(PROJECT_USE_CMAKE_EXPORT TRUE)
 SET(CXX_DISABLE_WERROR TRUE)
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
-SET(PACKAGE_EXTRA_MACROS "set(TALOS_DATA_PREFIX \${PACKAGE_PREFIX_DIR})")
+SET(PACKAGE_EXTRA_MACROS "set(TALOS_DATA_PREFIX ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})")
 
 # JRL-cmakemodule setup
 INCLUDE(cmake/base.cmake)