diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a5f571418bf2c5bdd96c470f6fcdd961686d5700..1b9556a54bdb16119bed7bc542477a022faa490a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ install(FILES "LICENSE" DESTINATION ${OTB_INSTALL_DOC_DIR})
 
 # Configure and install VERSION file
 configure_file(VERSION VERSION @ONLY)
-install(FILES ${OTB_BINARY_DIR}/VERSION DESTINATION ${OTB_BINARY_DIR}/${OTB_INSTALL_DATA_DIR} )
+install(FILES ${OTB_BINARY_DIR}/VERSION DESTINATION ${OTB_INSTALL_DOC_DIR})
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${OTB_BINARY_DIR}/${OTB_INSTALL_DATA_DIR} DESTINATION share)