diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e940ec79..b05356b71 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Prevented in-tree built. Please create a build directory outside of the SDL source code and call cmake from there")
 endif()
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.5)
 project(SDL2 C)
 
 # !!! FIXME: this should probably do "MACOSX_RPATH ON" as a target property
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ include(CheckTypeSize)
 include(CheckStructHasMember)
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 include(FindPkgConfig)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 include(${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/macros.cmake)
 include(${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/sdlchecks.cmake)
@@ -1608,7 +1609,7 @@ if(NOT (WINDOWS OR CYGWIN))
   endif()
   install(PROGRAMS ${SDL2_BINARY_DIR}/sdl2-config DESTINATION bin)
   # TODO: what about the .spec file? Is it only needed for RPM creation?
-  install(FILES "${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/sdl2.m4" DESTINATION "share/aclocal")
+  install(FILES "${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/sdl2.m4" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATAROOTDIR}/aclocal")
 endif()
 
 ##### Uninstall target #####