diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7be6d34fd..55233fa46 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,10 +163,13 @@ configure_libs()
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 if (WIN32)
   set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LICENSE_DIR .)
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_I18N_DIR translations)
 elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LICENSE_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/licenses/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME})
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_I18N_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}/translations)
 else()
   set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LICENSE_DIR $<TARGET_BUNDLE_CONTENT_DIR:${CMAKE_PROJECT_PROPER_NAME}>/Resources)
+  set(CMAKE_INSTALL_I18N_DIR $<TARGET_BUNDLE_CONTENT_DIR:${CMAKE_PROJECT_PROPER_NAME}>/MacOS/translations)
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(doc)
diff --git a/translations/CMakeLists.txt b/translations/CMakeLists.txt
index 71520820d..b4865bdfa 100644
--- a/translations/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/translations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,15 +24,10 @@ qt_create_translation(TRS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src ${${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}_TRS} O
 #ensure that the targets are built always
 add_custom_target(app_translations ALL DEPENDS ${TRS})
 
-if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-  install(FILES ${TRS} DESTINATION share/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}/translations)
-elseif(WIN32)
-  install(FILES ${TRS} DESTINATION translations)
-elseif(APPLE)
-  #install our translations
-  set(MAC_LANG_PATH ${CMAKE_PROJECT_PROPER_NAME}.app/Contents/MacOS/translations)
-  install(FILES ${TRS} DESTINATION ${MAC_LANG_PATH})
+# install our translations
+install(FILES ${TRS} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_I18N_DIR})
 
+if(APPLE)
   # find the qt translation files not deployed by macdeployqt
   get_target_property(lupdate_executable Qt6::lupdate IMPORTED_LOCATION)
   get_filename_component(_qt_bin_dir "${lupdate_executable}" DIRECTORY)
@@ -42,10 +37,10 @@ elseif(APPLE)
 
   # install each lang file and rename to the same name
   # rename does not work with a list so foreach is used instead
-  install(FILES ${MAC_QT_LANG_PATH}/qtbase_en.qm DESTINATION ${MAC_LANG_PATH} RENAME qt_en.qm)
+  install(FILES ${MAC_QT_LANG_PATH}/qtbase_en.qm DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_I18N_DIR} RENAME qt_en.qm)
   foreach(LANG ${${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}_TRS})
     string(REPLACE "${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}_" "" LANG ${LANG})
     string(REPLACE ".ts" "" LANG ${LANG})
-    install(FILES ${MAC_QT_LANG_PATH}/qtbase_${LANG}.qm DESTINATION ${MAC_LANG_PATH} RENAME qt_${LANG}.qm)
+    install(FILES ${MAC_QT_LANG_PATH}/qtbase_${LANG}.qm DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_I18N_DIR} RENAME qt_${LANG}.qm)
   endforeach()
 endif()