diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 667b81ada..30f34aeae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ endif()
 set(SDL_LIBS "-lSDL2")
 set(SDL_CFLAGS "")
 
-# Emscripten toolchain has a nonempty default value for this, and the checks 
-# in this file need to change that, so remember the original value, and 
+# Emscripten toolchain has a nonempty default value for this, and the checks
+# in this file need to change that, so remember the original value, and
 # restore back to that afterwards. For check_function_exists() to work in
 # Emscripten, this value must be at its default value.
 set(ORIG_CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS})
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ endif()
 set(OPT_DEF_ASM TRUE)
 if(EMSCRIPTEN)
   # Set up default values for the currently supported set of subsystems:
-  # Emscripten/Javascript does not have assembly support, a dynamic library 
+  # Emscripten/Javascript does not have assembly support, a dynamic library
   # loading architecture, low-level CPU inspection or multithreading.
   set(OPT_DEF_ASM FALSE)
   set(SDL_SHARED_ENABLED_BY_DEFAULT OFF)
@@ -1001,7 +1001,7 @@ elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
         #include <linux/kd.h>
         #include <linux/keyboard.h>
 
-        int main(int argc, char **argv) 
+        int main(int argc, char **argv)
         {
             struct kbentry kbe;
             kbe.kb_table = KG_CTRL;
@@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ endif()
 if(SDL_TEST)
   file(GLOB TEST_SOURCES ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/src/test/*.c)
   add_library(SDL2_test STATIC ${TEST_SOURCES})
-  
+
   add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
 
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ if(NOT (WINDOWS OR CYGWIN))
     if(NOT ANDROID)
         install(CODE "
           execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
-          \"libSDL2-2.0.${SOEXT}\" \"libSDL2.${SOEXT}\")")
+            \"${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/libSDL2-2.0${SDL_CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX}.${SOEXT}\" \"${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/libSDL2.${SOEXT}\")")
         install(FILES ${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/libSDL2.${SOEXT} DESTINATION "lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
     endif()
   endif()