diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index b40c9aaeb2..c49dcfae71 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ if(PKG_KIM)
       )
     ExternalProject_get_property(kim_build INSTALL_DIR)
     set(KIM-API-V2_INCLUDE_DIRS ${INSTALL_DIR}/include/kim-api-v2)
-    set(KIM-API-V2_LDFLAGS ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libkim-api-v2.2${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+    set(KIM-API-V2_LDFLAGS ${INSTALL_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/libkim-api-v2${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
     list(APPEND LAMMPS_DEPS kim_build)
   else()
     find_package(KIM-API-V2)