diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fc8f8ef..faa453e1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,5 +91,5 @@ gen_cfg_main()
 # Create the main *.hpp config file
 gen_main_hpp_config()
 # create module file for lmod manager 
-configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/misc/alpscore.lmod.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/alpscore.lmod")
+configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/misc/alpscore.lmod.in" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/alpscore.lmod")
 
diff --git a/common/cmake/ALPSCommonModuleDefinitions.cmake b/common/cmake/ALPSCommonModuleDefinitions.cmake
index 92a8c976..26976171 100644
--- a/common/cmake/ALPSCommonModuleDefinitions.cmake
+++ b/common/cmake/ALPSCommonModuleDefinitions.cmake
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ endif()
 
 # add includes and libs for each module
 macro(alps_add_module module module_path)
-    set(${module}_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${module_path}/include ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${module_path}/include)
+    set(${module}_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/${module_path}/include ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${module_path}/include)
     set(${module}_LIBRARIES ${module})
 endmacro(alps_add_module)
 
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ macro(gen_documentation)
 endmacro(gen_documentation)
 
 function(gen_main_hpp_config)
-  configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/utilities/include/config.hpp.in" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/utilities/include/alps/config.hpp")
-  install(FILES "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/utilities/include/alps/config.hpp" DESTINATION include/alps) 
+  configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/utilities/include/config.hpp.in" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/utilities/include/alps/config.hpp")
+  install(FILES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/utilities/include/alps/config.hpp" DESTINATION include/alps) 
 endfunction(gen_main_hpp_config)
 
 macro(gen_pkg_config)
diff --git a/common/cmake/ALPSEnableEigen.cmake b/common/cmake/ALPSEnableEigen.cmake
index 3b2f606e..6df4441a 100644
--- a/common/cmake/ALPSEnableEigen.cmake
+++ b/common/cmake/ALPSEnableEigen.cmake
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function(add_eigen)
   message(STATUS "eigen requested")
 
   if (NOT ALPS_EIGEN_UNPACK_DIR)
-    set(ALPS_EIGEN_UNPACK_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/eigen")
+    set(ALPS_EIGEN_UNPACK_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/eigen")
   endif()
   if (NOT ALPS_EIGEN_TGZ_FILE)
     set(ALPS_EIGEN_TGZ_FILE "${ALPS_EIGEN_UNPACK_DIR}/eigen.tgz")