diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index fa5cb4bbc1..8b7b798d95 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ endif()
 
 set_target_properties(lammps PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME lammps${LAMMPS_MACHINE})
 set_target_properties(lammps PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${SOVERSION})
-target_include_directories(lammps PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>)
+target_include_directories(lammps PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/lammps>)
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps)
 foreach(_HEADER ${LAMMPS_CXX_HEADERS})
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/${_HEADER} COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/${_HEADER} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/includes/lammps/${_HEADER} DEPENDS ${LAMMPS_SOURCE_DIR}/${_HEADER})