diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 857f797682..19f7123fef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
 set(TITLE_SEQUENCE_URL  "https://github.com/OpenRCT2/title-sequences/releases/download/v0.1.0/title-sequence-v0.1.0.zip")
 set(TITLE_SEQUENCE_SHA1 "b587d83de508d0b104d14c599b76f8565900fce0")
 
+set(LIB_SUFFIX "" CACHE STRING "Define suffix of the FHS library directory name (32/64 bit arch)")
+
 option(FORCE32 "Force 32-bit build. It will add `-m32` to compiler flags.")
 option(WITH_TESTS "Build tests")
 option(PORTABLE "Create a portable build (-rpath=$ORIGIN)" OFF)
@@ -140,7 +142,7 @@ else ()
     if (PORTABLE)
         install(TARGETS "libopenrct2" LIBRARY DESTINATION "bin")
     else ()
-        install(TARGETS "libopenrct2" LIBRARY DESTINATION "lib")
+        install(TARGETS "libopenrct2" LIBRARY DESTINATION "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
     endif ()
 endif ()
 install(TARGETS "openrct2" RUNTIME DESTINATION "bin")