diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 726e97032..d87a7052d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ endif()
 set(PLUGINS_INSTALL_DIR ${DEFAULT_PLUGINS_INSTALL_DIR} CACHE STRING "installs the plugins in the specified directory")
 message(STATUS "Installing plugins to ${PLUGINS_INSTALL_DIR}")
 
-set(FONTS_INSTALL_DIR ${MAPNIK_BIN_DIR}/fonts CACHE STRING "installs the fonts in the specified directory")
+set(FONTS_INSTALL_DIR ${MAPNIK_LIB_DIR}/mapnik/fonts CACHE STRING "installs the fonts in the specified directory")
 message(STATUS "Installing fonts to ${FONTS_INSTALL_DIR}")
 
 set(MAPNIK_COMPILE_DEFS "")
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ include(MapnikExportPkgConfig)
 install(DIRECTORY include/ DESTINATION ${MAPNIK_INCLUDE_DIR})
 install(DIRECTORY deps/agg/include/ DESTINATION ${MAPNIK_INCLUDE_DIR})
 install(DIRECTORY deps/mapnik DESTINATION ${MAPNIK_INCLUDE_DIR})
-install(DIRECTORY fonts/ DESTINATION ${FONTS_INSTALL_DIR} FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.py" EXCLUDE PATTERN "*")
+file(GLOB TTF_FONT_FILES "fonts/*/*/*.ttf")
+install(FILES ${TTF_FONT_FILES} DESTINATION ${FONTS_INSTALL_DIR})
 
 if(NOT USE_EXTERNAL_MAPBOX_GEOMETRY)
     install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/mapbox/geometry/include/ DESTINATION ${MAPNIK_INCLUDE_DIR})