diff --git a/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake b/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
index 58e65087c..6fe706eec 100644
--- a/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
+++ b/extras/Build/CMake/JUCEUtils.cmake
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ function(_juce_set_default_properties)
         set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_LV2_COPY_DIR    "$ENV{APPDATA}/LV2")
         set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_UNITY_COPY_DIR  "$ENV{APPDATA}/Unity")
     elseif((CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux") OR (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES ".*BSD"))
-        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_LV2_COPY_DIR   "$ENV{HOME}/.lv2")
-        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_VST_COPY_DIR   "$ENV{HOME}/.vst")
-        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_VST3_COPY_DIR  "$ENV{HOME}/.vst3")
-        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_UNITY_COPY_DIR "$ENV{HOME}/.unity")
+        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_LV2_COPY_DIR   "$ENV{DESTDIR}/usr/lib/lv2")
+        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_VST_COPY_DIR   "$ENV{DESTDIR}/usr/lib/vst")
+        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_VST3_COPY_DIR  "$ENV{DESTDIR}/usr/lib/vst3")
+        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY JUCE_UNITY_COPY_DIR "$ENV{DESTDIR}/usr/lib/unity")
     endif()
 endfunction()