diff --git a/gtsam/3rdparty/metis/libmetis/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/3rdparty/metis/libmetis/CMakeLists.txt
index cc02a6ed2..fdf5e7511 100644
--- a/gtsam/3rdparty/metis/libmetis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtsam/3rdparty/metis/libmetis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@ if(WIN32)
 			RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/../../../bin")
 endif()
 
+if (APPLE)
+		set_target_properties(metis PROPERTIES
+			INSTALL_NAME_DIR
+			"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+ endif()
+
 install(TARGETS metis EXPORT GTSAM-exports LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 list(APPEND GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS metis)
 set(GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS "${GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt b/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
index c159db250..3875b6a19 100644
--- a/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gtsam/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ else()
 			DEFINE_SYMBOL GTSAM_EXPORTS
 			RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
 	endif()
+	if (APPLE)
+		set_target_properties(gtsam PROPERTIES
+			INSTALL_NAME_DIR
+			"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
+	endif()
     install(TARGETS gtsam EXPORT GTSAM-exports LIBRARY DESTINATION lib ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
     list(APPEND GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS gtsam)
     set(GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS "${GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS}" PARENT_SCOPE)