diff --git a/man/CMakeLists.txt b/man/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f85eb950ab..f083c549901 100644
--- a/man/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ endmacro(MARIADB_SYMLINK_MANPAGE)
 macro(MARIADB_SYMLINK_MANPAGE_CREATE mysqlname index mannr dir comp)
   LIST(GET MARIADB_SYMLINK_TOS ${index} _mariadbname)
   SET(dest "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_mariadbname}.${mannr}")
-  FILE(WRITE ${dest} ".so ${mysqlname}.${mannr}")
+  FILE(WRITE ${dest} ".so ${dir}/${mysqlname}.${mannr}")
   INSTALL(FILES ${dest} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_MANDIR}/${dir} COMPONENT ${comp})
 endmacro(MARIADB_SYMLINK_MANPAGE_CREATE)