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()