diff --git a/src/vpp-api/vapi/CMakeLists.txt b/src/vpp-api/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
index e016922..e53d3e8 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/vpp-api/vapi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     vapi_json_parser.py
     vapi_cpp_gen.py
   DESTINATION
-    share/vpp
+    ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/vpp
   COMPONENT
     vpp-dev
 )