diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c2fa0741..57bb74b6 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(