diff --git a/codelite-5.4-libdir.patch b/codelite-5.4-libdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26f955d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codelite-5.4-libdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -urN codelite-orig/CMakeLists.txt codelite-patched/CMakeLists.txt
+--- codelite-orig/CMakeLists.txt	2014-02-14 16:08:02.371570174 +1100
++++ codelite-patched/CMakeLists.txt	2014-02-14 18:31:35.085719522 +1100
+@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@
+ ## Override defaults with user input
+ ########################################
+ 
+-set( CL_INSTALL_LIBDIR "lib" )
++if ( NOT CL_INSTALL_LIBDIR )
++  set( CL_INSTALL_LIBDIR "lib" )
++endif()
+ if ( PREFIX )
+   set ( CL_PREFIX ${PREFIX} )
+ else()
diff --git a/codelite.spec b/codelite.spec
index ccff2b1..964a419 100644
--- a/codelite.spec
+++ b/codelite.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 Summary:	A powerful open-source, cross platform code editor for C/C++
 Name:		codelite
 Version:	5.4
-Release:	1
+Release:	2
 License:	GPLv2+
 Group:		Development/Other
 Url:		http://codelite.sourceforge.net
 Source0:	http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}-gtk.src.tar.gz
 Patch0:		codelite-5.4-desktop.patch
 Patch1:		codelite-5.4-linkage.patch
+Patch2:		codelite-5.4-libdir.patch
 BuildRequires:	cmake
 BuildRequires:	wxgtku3.0-devel
 BuildRequires:	pkgconfig(freetype2)
@@ -45,10 +46,12 @@ users to easily create, build and debug complex projects.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1
 %patch1 -p1
+%patch2 -p1
 
 %build
 %cmake \
-	-DPREFIX:PATH=%{_prefix}
+	-DPREFIX:PATH=%{_prefix} \
+	-DCL_INSTALL_LIBDIR=%{_lib}
 %make
 
 %install