diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 760ca8c0c..31e1e9b77 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -15,14 +15,15 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RelWithDebInfo \
 		-DTHREADSAFE:BOOL=ON \
 		-DBUILD_CLAR:BOOL=ON \
-		-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:STRING=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+		-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:STRING=lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
 
 	dh_auto_configure --builddirectory=build-debian-devel -- \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release \
 		-DTHREADSAFE:BOOL=ON \
 		-DBUILD_CLAR:BOOL=OFF \
 		-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF \
-		-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:STRING=/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+		-DLIB_INSTALL_DIR:STRING=lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)
+
 
 override_dh_makeshlibs:
 	dh_makeshlibs -V 'libgit2-0 (>= 0.19.0)'