diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ae66ad417..65e5916d5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(string.h LMMS_HAVE_STRING_H)
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(process.h LMMS_HAVE_PROCESS_H)
 CHECK_INCLUDE_FILES(locale.h LMMS_HAVE_LOCALE_H)
 
+LIST(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+
 # check for Qt4
 SET(QT_MIN_VERSION "4.3.0" COMPONENTS QtCore QtGui QtXml)
 FIND_PACKAGE(Qt4 REQUIRED)
@@ -397,22 +399,25 @@ IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
 	SET(EXTRA_LIBRARIES "-lwinmm")
 ENDIF()
 
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D'LIB_DIR="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIB_DIR}/"' -D'PLUGIN_DIR="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${LIB_DIR}/lmms/"' ${PULSEAUDIO_DEFINITIONS} ${PORTAUDIO_DEFINITIONS})
+# Paths relative to lmms executable
+FILE(RELATIVE_PATH LIB_DIR_RELATIVE /${BIN_DIR} /${LIB_DIR})
+FILE(RELATIVE_PATH PLUGIN_DIR_RELATIVE /${BIN_DIR} /${PLUGIN_DIR})
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-D'LIB_DIR="${LIB_DIR_RELATIVE}/"' -D'PLUGIN_DIR="${PLUGIN_DIR_RELATIVE}/"' ${PULSEAUDIO_DEFINITIONS} ${PORTAUDIO_DEFINITIONS})
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${SDL_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PORTAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PULSEAUDIO_INCLUDE_DIR} ${JACK_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${OGGVORBIS_INCLUDE_DIR} ${SAMPLERATE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${SNDFILE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-LINK_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib ${ASOUND_LIBRARY_DIR} ${JACK_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${SAMPLERATE_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${SNDFILE_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-LINK_LIBRARIES(${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${ASOUND_LIBRARY} ${SDL_LIBRARY} ${PORTAUDIO_LIBRARIES} ${PULSEAUDIO_LIBRARIES} ${JACK_LIBRARIES} ${OGGVORBIS_LIBRARIES} ${SAMPLERATE_LIBRARIES} ${SNDFILE_LIBRARIES} ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})
 
 ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.1.gz COMMAND gzip -c ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lmms.1 > ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.1.gz DEPENDS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lmms.1 COMMENT "Generating lmms.1.gz")
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(lmms ${lmms_SOURCES} ${lmms_INCLUDES} ${LIBSAMPLERATE_SOURCES} ${LMMS_ER_H} ${lmms_UI_out} lmmsconfig.h lmmsversion.h ${WINRC} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.1.gz)
 
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(lmms ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT} ${QT_LIBRARIES} ${ASOUND_LIBRARY} ${SDL_LIBRARY} ${PORTAUDIO_LIBRARIES} ${PULSEAUDIO_LIBRARIES} ${JACK_LIBRARIES} ${OGGVORBIS_LIBRARIES} ${SAMPLERATE_LIBRARIES} ${SNDFILE_LIBRARIES} ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})
+
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
 
 	SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(lmms PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "${LINK_FLAGS} -mwindows")
 	ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(TARGET lmms POST_BUILD COMMAND ${STRIP} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.exe)
 
-	INSTALL(TARGETS lmms RUNTIME DESTINATION .)
+	INSTALL(TARGETS lmms RUNTIME DESTINATION ${BIN_DIR})
 	INSTALL(FILES
 					${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/QtCore4.dll
 					${MINGW_PREFIX}/bin/QtGui4.dll
@@ -438,7 +443,7 @@ ELSE(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
 		SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(lmms PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "${LINK_FLAGS} -Wl,-E")
 	ENDIF(NOT LMMS_BUILD_APPLE)
 
-	INSTALL(TARGETS lmms RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+	INSTALL(TARGETS lmms RUNTIME DESTINATION ${BIN_DIR})
 	INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lmms.1.gz DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/man/man1/ PERMISSIONS OWNER_READ GROUP_READ WORLD_READ)
 
 ENDIF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/BuildPlugin.cmake b/cmake/modules/BuildPlugin.cmake
index 2e21eb0ad..283c4ba79 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/BuildPlugin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/BuildPlugin.cmake
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ MACRO(BUILD_PLUGIN)
 	CAR(PLUGIN_NAME ${PLUGIN_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 	CDR(PLUGIN_SOURCES ${PLUGIN_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/gui ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
+	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/gui)
 
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPLUGIN_NAME=${PLUGIN_NAME})
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/DetectMachine.cmake b/cmake/modules/DetectMachine.cmake
index 9642da3c2..ccb8638be 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/DetectMachine.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/DetectMachine.cmake
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ ENDIF(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR)
 
 
 IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
+	SET(BIN_DIR .)
 	SET(PLUGIN_DIR plugins)
 	SET(DATA_DIR data)
 	SET(LMMS_DATA_DIR data)
 ELSE(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
+	SET(BIN_DIR bin)
 	SET(PLUGIN_DIR ${LIB_DIR}/lmms)
 	SET(DATA_DIR share)
 	SET(LMMS_DATA_DIR ${DATA_DIR}/lmms)
diff --git a/src/core/config_mgr.cpp b/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
index e8d121692..653c14d5d 100644
--- a/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
+++ b/src/core/config_mgr.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ configManager::configManager() :
 	m_pluginDir( qApp->applicationDirPath()
 			+ QDir::separator() + "plugins" + QDir::separator() ),
 #else
-	m_pluginDir( QString( PLUGIN_DIR ) ),
+	m_pluginDir( qApp->applicationDirPath() + '/' + PLUGIN_DIR ),
 #endif
 	m_vstDir( m_workingDir + "vst" + QDir::separator() ),
 	m_flDir( QDir::home().absolutePath() )
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ void configManager::loadConfigFile()
 #ifdef LMMS_BUILD_WIN32
 		m_ladDir = m_pluginDir + "ladspa" + QDir::separator();
 #else
-		m_ladDir = QString( LIB_DIR ) + "/ladspa/";
+		m_ladDir = qApp->applicationDirPath() + '/' + LIB_DIR + "/ladspa/";
 #endif
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/core/ladspa_manager.cpp b/src/core/ladspa_manager.cpp
index d70934694..4d78ebc5d 100644
--- a/src/core/ladspa_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/core/ladspa_manager.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <QtCore/QCoreApplication>
 #include <QtCore/QDebug>
 #include <QtCore/QDir>
 #include <QtCore/QFileInfo>
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ ladspaManager::ladspaManager()
 
 	ladspaDirectories.push_back( configManager::inst()->pluginDir() + "ladspa" );
 #ifndef LMMS_BUILD_WIN32
-	ladspaDirectories.push_back( QString( LIB_DIR ) + "ladspa" );
+	ladspaDirectories.push_back( qApp->applicationDirPath() + '/' + LIB_DIR + "ladspa" );
 	ladspaDirectories.push_back( "/usr/lib/lmms/ladspa" );
 	ladspaDirectories.push_back( "/usr/local/lib/lmms/ladspa" );
 	ladspaDirectories.push_back( "/usr/lib/ladspa" );