diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index b6abfef55..9ea68c931 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ if (DOXYGEN_FOUND)
     COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen" VERBATIM)
 
   install(FILES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/doc/${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}.tag.xml
-    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/gz/${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}_${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR})
+    DESTINATION share/gz/${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}_${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR})
 endif()
diff --git a/ogre/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ogre/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c50430c0e..ff5615a36 100644
--- a/ogre/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ogre/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ gz_build_tests(TYPE UNIT
                ENVIRONMENT GZ_RENDERING_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 
 # Note that plugins are currently being installed in 2 places: /lib and the engine-plugins dir
-install(TARGETS ${ogre_target} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR})
+install(TARGETS ${ogre_target} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_RELATIVE_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 if(WIN32)
   # tests needs .dll in the same directory
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if (WIN32)
   ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR}\/${unversioned})")
 else()
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${versioned} ${unversioned})
-  INSTALL(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${unversioned} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR})
+  INSTALL(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${unversioned} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_RELATIVE_INSTALL_DIR})
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(media)
diff --git a/ogre/src/media/fonts/CMakeLists.txt b/ogre/src/media/fonts/CMakeLists.txt
index 67ee66c4a..5a21ac22b 100644
--- a/ogre/src/media/fonts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ogre/src/media/fonts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 file(GLOB files "*ttf" "*png" "*fontdef")
 
-install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/fonts)
-install(DIRECTORY liberation-sans DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/fonts)
+install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RELATIVE_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/fonts)
+install(DIRECTORY liberation-sans DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RELATIVE_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/fonts)
diff --git a/ogre/src/media/materials/programs/CMakeLists.txt b/ogre/src/media/materials/programs/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d19dd395..a3391dbc7 100644
--- a/ogre/src/media/materials/programs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ogre/src/media/materials/programs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 file(GLOB files "*.glsl")
 
-install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/materials/programs)
+install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RELATIVE_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/materials/programs)
 
diff --git a/ogre/src/media/materials/scripts/CMakeLists.txt b/ogre/src/media/materials/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
index b739e94f8..3d43bb392 100644
--- a/ogre/src/media/materials/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ogre/src/media/materials/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 file(GLOB files "*.material" "*.compositor")
 
-install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/materials/scripts)
+install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RELATIVE_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/materials/scripts)
 
diff --git a/ogre/src/media/materials/textures/CMakeLists.txt b/ogre/src/media/materials/textures/CMakeLists.txt
index 90f0fc4de..abcd5f9fb 100644
--- a/ogre/src/media/materials/textures/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ogre/src/media/materials/textures/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 file(GLOB files "*.png")
 
-install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/materials/textures)
+install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RELATIVE_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/materials/textures)
diff --git a/ogre/src/media/rtshaderlib150/CMakeLists.txt b/ogre/src/media/rtshaderlib150/CMakeLists.txt
index 2cb12d93f..2aae04baf 100644
--- a/ogre/src/media/rtshaderlib150/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ogre/src/media/rtshaderlib150/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ SGXLib_NormalMapLighting.glsl
 SGXLib_PerPixelLighting.glsl
 )
 
-install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/rtshaderlib150)
+install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RELATIVE_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre/media/rtshaderlib150)
 
diff --git a/ogre2/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ogre2/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ef328190a..0111d3200 100644
--- a/ogre2/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ogre2/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ set (versioned ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}-${engine_name
 set (unversioned ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${PROJECT_NAME_NO_VERSION_LOWER}-${engine_name}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 
 # Note that plugins are currently being installed in 2 places: /lib and the engine-plugins dir
-install(TARGETS ${ogre2_target} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR})
+install(TARGETS ${ogre2_target} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_RELATIVE_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 if (WIN32)
   # disable MSVC inherit via dominance warning
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if (WIN32)
   ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR}\/${unversioned})")
 else()
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${versioned} ${unversioned})
-  INSTALL(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${unversioned} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR})
+  INSTALL(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${unversioned} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_RELATIVE_INSTALL_DIR})
 endif()
 
 if (NOT (APPLE OR WIN32))
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ gz_build_tests(TYPE UNIT
                LIB_DEPS ${ogre2_target}
                ENVIRONMENT GZ_RENDERING_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 
-install(DIRECTORY "media"  DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre2)
+install(DIRECTORY "media"  DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RELATIVE_RESOURCE_PATH}/ogre2)
diff --git a/optix/src/CMakeLists.txt b/optix/src/CMakeLists.txt
index daa896a29..d8bb16d7b 100644
--- a/optix/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/optix/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ gz_build_tests(TYPE UNIT
                ENVIRONMENT GZ_RENDERING_INSTALL_PREFIX=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 
 # Note that plugins are currently being installed in 2 places: /lib and the engine-plugins dir
-install(TARGETS ${optix_target} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR})
+install(TARGETS ${optix_target} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_RELATIVE_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 set (versioned ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${PROJECT_NAME_LOWER}-${engine_name}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
 set (unversioned ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${PROJECT_NAME_NO_VERSION_LOWER}-${engine_name}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if (WIN32)
   ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR}\/${unversioned})")
 else()
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink ${versioned} ${unversioned})
-  INSTALL(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${unversioned} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_INSTALL_DIR})
+  INSTALL(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${unversioned} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_ENGINE_RELATIVE_INSTALL_DIR})
 endif()
 
 if("${CUDA_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "9")
diff --git a/src/base/media/materials/textures/CMakeLists.txt b/src/base/media/materials/textures/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d9f3f249..c76e3cd25 100644
--- a/src/base/media/materials/textures/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/base/media/materials/textures/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 file(GLOB files "*.png")
 
-install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RESOURCE_PATH}/media/materials/textures)
+install(FILES ${files} DESTINATION ${GZ_RENDERING_RELATIVE_RESOURCE_PATH}/media/materials/textures)