diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6ab28461..17cfcade 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
+set(RUNTIME_SHARED_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/bin)
+
 set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH TRUE)
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e1b43147..d1f3cc72 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ set_target_properties(ss-redir-shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ss-redir)
 
 set_target_properties(ss-server-shared ss-tunnel-shared ss-manager-shared ss-local-shared ss-redir-shared
         PROPERTIES
-        RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/bin"
+        RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${RUNTIME_SHARED_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
         )
 
 set_target_properties(shadowsocks-libev-shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME shadowsocks-libev)
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ target_link_libraries(shadowsocks-libev-shared cork-shared ipset-shared ${DEPS_S
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Misc
-install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/
+# Recommend to install shared by default
+install(DIRECTORY ${RUNTIME_SHARED_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/
         DESTINATION bin)
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/
         DESTINATION lib)