diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c2fa0741d5b88bdbfa64ce0b77795ff9749d933b..57bb74b62bd0e917ee394df5a31a6c9f52ee4a62 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -750,9 +750,9 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 	install (FILES "resources/_nheko" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/zsh/site-functions")
 
 	configure_file("resources/nheko.desktop.in" "resources/nheko.desktop" @ONLY)
-	install (FILES "resources/nheko.desktop" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/applications" RENAME "${APPID}.desktop")
+	install (FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/resources/nheko.desktop" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/applications" RENAME "${APPID}.desktop")
 	configure_file("resources/nheko.appdata.xml.in" "resources/nheko.appdata.xml" @ONLY)
-	install (FILES "resources/nheko.appdata.xml" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/metainfo" RENAME "${APPID}.appdata.xml")
+	install (FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/resources/nheko.appdata.xml" DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/metainfo" RENAME "${APPID}.appdata.xml")
 
 	if(NOT TARGET uninstall)
 		configure_file(