diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ce43692d..6e8ada73 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ if (MSVC)
       RELWITHDEBINFO_POSTFIX "${MSVC_TOOLSET}-mt-${ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}"
       MINSIZEREL_POSTFIX "${MSVC_TOOLSET}-mt-${ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}"
       DEBUG_POSTFIX "${MSVC_TOOLSET}-mt-gd-${ZMQ_VERSION_MAJOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_MINOR}_${ZMQ_VERSION_PATCH}"
-      RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin"
+      RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}"
       COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "DLL_EXPORT"
       OUTPUT_NAME "libzmq")
   endif()