diff -Nru a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2018-03-09 13:39:11.000000000 +0100
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2018-03-13 06:10:09.340304542 +0100
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@
 # the manpage
 add_custom_target( manpage
 	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Updating the manpage"
-	COMMAND a2x --format=manpage doc/manpage/lsyncd.1.txt
-	DEPENDS doc/manpage/lsyncd.1.txt
+	COMMAND a2x --format=manpage ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/manpage/lsyncd.1.txt
+	DEPENDS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/manpage/lsyncd.1.txt
 )
 
 add_custom_target( tests
@@ -107,5 +107,5 @@
 target_link_libraries( lsyncd ${LUA_LIBRARIES} )
 
 install( TARGETS lsyncd RUNTIME DESTINATION bin )
-install( FILES doc/manpage/lsyncd.1 DESTINATION man )
+install( FILES doc/manpage/lsyncd.1 DESTINATION share/man/man1 )