diff --git a/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake b/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
index cef3b31001d..f7616acebd5 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
@@ -1514,15 +1514,17 @@ macro(windows_install_shared_manifest)
     if(WINDOWS_INSTALL_RELEASE)
       list(APPEND WINDOWS_SHARED_MANIFEST_RELEASE ${WINDOWS_INSTALL_FILES})
     endif()
-    install(FILES ${WINDOWS_INSTALL_FILES}
-            CONFIGURATIONS ${WINDOWS_CONFIGURATIONS}
-            DESTINATION "./blender.shared"
+    install(
+      FILES ${WINDOWS_INSTALL_FILES}
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/blender.shared
+      CONFIGURATIONS ${WINDOWS_CONFIGURATIONS}
     )
   else()
     # Python module without manifest.
-    install(FILES ${WINDOWS_INSTALL_FILES}
-            CONFIGURATIONS ${WINDOWS_CONFIGURATIONS}
-            DESTINATION "./bpy"
+    install(
+      FILES ${WINDOWS_INSTALL_FILES}
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bpy
+      CONFIGURATIONS ${WINDOWS_CONFIGURATIONS}
     )
   endif()
 endmacro()
@@ -1559,7 +1561,7 @@ macro(windows_generate_shared_manifest)
     )
     install(
       FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Debug/blender.shared.manifest
-      DESTINATION "./blender.shared"
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/blender.shared
       CONFIGURATIONS Debug
     )
   endif()
@@ -1571,7 +1573,7 @@ macro(windows_generate_shared_manifest)
     )
     install(
       FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Release/blender.shared.manifest
-      DESTINATION "./blender.shared"
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/blender.shared
       CONFIGURATIONS Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel
     )
   endif()
diff --git a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
index c33aacef010..859cb2bbe53 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/platform/platform_win32.cmake
@@ -134,11 +134,19 @@ if(WITH_WINDOWS_BUNDLE_CRT)
     string(FIND ${lib} "ucrtbase" pos)
     if(NOT pos EQUAL -1)
       list(REMOVE_ITEM CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS ${lib})
-      install(FILES ${lib} DESTINATION . COMPONENT Libraries)
+      install(
+        FILES ${lib}
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+        COMPONENT Libraries
+      )
     endif()
   endforeach()
   # Install the CRT to the blender.crt Sub folder.
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS} DESTINATION ./blender.crt COMPONENT Libraries)
+  install(
+    FILES ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS}
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/blender.crt
+    COMPONENT Libraries
+  )
 
   windows_generate_manifest(
     FILES "${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS}"
@@ -146,7 +154,10 @@ if(WITH_WINDOWS_BUNDLE_CRT)
     NAME "blender.crt"
   )
 
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/blender.crt.manifest DESTINATION ./blender.crt)
+  install(
+    FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/blender.crt.manifest
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/blender.crt
+  )
   set(BUNDLECRT "<dependency><dependentAssembly><assemblyIdentity type=\"win32\" name=\"blender.crt\" version=\"1.0.0.0\" /></dependentAssembly></dependency>")
 endif()
 if(NOT WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
diff --git a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
index 79d4c230f02..0d4b1954072 100644
--- a/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/creator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -364,8 +364,8 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   if(WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
     if(WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE)
       set(TARGETDIR_BPY bpy)
-      set(TARGETDIR_VER bpy/${BLENDER_VERSION})
-      set(TARGETDIR_LIB bpy/lib)
+      set(TARGETDIR_VER ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bpy/${BLENDER_VERSION})
+      set(TARGETDIR_LIB ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bpy/lib)
     else()
       set(TARGETDIR_BPY ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES}/bpy)
       set(TARGETDIR_VER ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES}/bpy/${BLENDER_VERSION})
@@ -373,9 +373,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     endif()
   else()
     if(WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE)
-      set(TARGETDIR_VER ${BLENDER_VERSION})
-      set(TARGETDIR_TEXT "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-      set(TARGETDIR_LIB lib)
+      set(TARGETDIR_VER ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${BLENDER_VERSION})
+      set(TARGETDIR_TEXT ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+      set(TARGETDIR_LIB ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib)
     else()
       set(TARGETDIR_VER share/blender/${BLENDER_VERSION})
       set(TARGETDIR_TEXT share/doc/blender)
@@ -391,16 +391,16 @@ elseif(WIN32)
     set(TARGETDIR_EXE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_WITH_CONFIG}/bpy)
   else()
     set(TARGETDIR_VER ${BLENDER_VERSION})
-    set(TARGETDIR_TEXT "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
-    set(TARGETDIR_LIB "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/blender.shared")
-    set(TARGETDIR_EXE "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
+    set(TARGETDIR_TEXT ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+    set(TARGETDIR_LIB ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/blender.shared)
+    set(TARGETDIR_EXE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
   endif()
 elseif(APPLE)
   if(WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
     if(WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE)
-      set(TARGETDIR_BPY bpy)
-      set(TARGETDIR_VER bpy/${BLENDER_VERSION})
-      set(TARGETDIR_LIB bpy/lib)
+      set(TARGETDIR_BPY ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bpy)
+      set(TARGETDIR_VER ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bpy/${BLENDER_VERSION})
+      set(TARGETDIR_LIB ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bpy/lib)
     else()
       # Paths defined in terms of site-packages since the site-packages
       # directory can be a symlink (brew for example).
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ elseif(APPLE)
       set(TARGETDIR_LIB ${PYTHON_SITE_PACKAGES}/bpy/lib)
     endif()
   else()
-    set(TARGETDIR_VER Blender.app/Contents/Resources/${BLENDER_VERSION})
-    set(TARGETDIR_LIB Blender.app/Contents/Resources/lib)
-    set(TARGETDIR_TEXT Blender.app/Contents/Resources/text)
+    set(TARGETDIR_VER ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Blender.app/Contents/Resources/${BLENDER_VERSION})
+    set(TARGETDIR_LIB ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Blender.app/Contents/Resources/lib)
+    set(TARGETDIR_TEXT ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Blender.app/Contents/Resources/text)
   endif()
   # Skip re-linking on CPACK / install.
   set_target_properties(blender PROPERTIES BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH true)
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(BLENDER_BIN "blender")
     install(
       TARGETS blender
-      DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
     )
 
     install(
@@ -645,13 +645,13 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/blender.desktop
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/icons/scalable/apps/blender.svg
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/icons/symbolic/apps/blender-symbolic.svg
-      DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
     )
 
     if(WITH_BLENDER_THUMBNAILER)
       install(
         TARGETS blender-thumbnailer
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
       )
     endif()
 
@@ -659,13 +659,16 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     if(NOT DEFINED LIBDIR)
       # Pass.
     elseif(EXISTS ${LIBDIR}/mesa)
-      install(DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/mesa/lib/ DESTINATION "lib/mesa/")
+      install(
+        DIRECTORY ${LIBDIR}/mesa/lib/
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/mesa/
+      )
 
       install(
         PROGRAMS
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/blender-launcher
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/bin/blender-softwaregl
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
       )
 
       # Remove from old location, so existing builds don't start with software
@@ -689,26 +692,26 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     set(BLENDER_BIN "bin/blender")
     install(
       TARGETS blender
-      DESTINATION bin
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin
     )
 
     # Misc files.
     install(
       FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/blender.desktop
-      DESTINATION share/applications
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/applications
     )
     install(
       FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/icons/scalable/apps/blender.svg
-      DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
     )
     install(
       FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/release/freedesktop/icons/symbolic/apps/blender-symbolic.svg
-      DESTINATION share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/icons/hicolor/symbolic/apps
     )
     if(WITH_BLENDER_THUMBNAILER)
       install(
         TARGETS blender-thumbnailer
-        DESTINATION bin
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin
       )
     endif()
   endif()
@@ -1022,13 +1025,13 @@ elseif(WIN32)
       # on the build-bot does not support this endeavor.
       install(
         FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/\${CMAKE_INSTALL_CONFIG_NAME}/blender_public.pdb
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
         RENAME blender.pdb
       )
     else()
       install(
         FILES $<TARGET_PDB_FILE:blender>
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
         RENAME blender.pdb
       )
     endif()
@@ -1251,14 +1254,14 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         install(
           FILES
             ${LIBDIR}/python/${_PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS}/libs/python${_PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS}.pdb
-          DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+          DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
           CONFIGURATIONS Release;RelWithDebInfo;MinSizeRel
         )
 
         install(
           FILES
             ${LIBDIR}/python/${_PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS}/libs/python${_PYTHON_VERSION_NO_DOTS}_d.pdb
-          DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+          DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
           CONFIGURATIONS Debug
         )
       endif()
@@ -1356,7 +1359,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
         ${LIBDIR}/audaspace/lib/audaspace.dll
         ${LIBDIR}/audaspace/lib/audaspace-c.dll
         ${LIBDIR}/audaspace/lib/audaspace-py.dll
-      DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
     )
   endif()
 
@@ -1377,7 +1380,7 @@ elseif(WIN32)
   if(WITH_BLENDER_THUMBNAILER)
     install(
       TARGETS BlendThumb
-      DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
     )
   endif()
 
@@ -1439,23 +1442,23 @@ elseif(APPLE)
   set(BLENDER_BIN "bin/blender")
   install(
     TARGETS blender
-    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
   )
 
   install(
     FILES ${OSX_APP_SOURCEDIR}/Contents/PkgInfo
-    DESTINATION Blender.app/Contents
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Blender.app/Contents
   )
 
   install_dir(
     ${OSX_APP_SOURCEDIR}/Contents/Resources
-    Blender.app/Contents/
+    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Blender.app/Contents/
   )
 
   if(WITH_BLENDER_THUMBNAILER)
     install(
       TARGETS blender-thumbnailer
-      DESTINATION Blender.app/Contents/MacOS/
+      DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Blender.app/Contents/MacOS
     )
   endif()
 
@@ -1639,7 +1642,7 @@ if((DEFINED LIBDIR) AND TARGETDIR_LIB)
         ${LIBDIR}/usd/plugin/usd/hdStorm
         ${LIBDIR}/usd/plugin/usd/usdShaders
         ${LIBDIR}/usd/plugin/usd/hioOiio
-        DESTINATION "./blender.shared/usd"
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/blender.shared/usd
       )
     elseif(USD_PYTHON_SUPPORT)
       install(DIRECTORY
@@ -1755,7 +1758,7 @@ if(WIN32 AND NOT WITH_PYTHON_MODULE)
   install(
     TARGETS blender blender-launcher
     COMPONENT Blender
-    DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
   )
   set_target_properties(
     blender
@@ -1816,7 +1819,7 @@ endif()\n\
       if(WITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE)
         install(
           FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/blender.1
-          DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+          DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
         )
       else()
         # Manual page (only with `blender` binary).