diff -purN a/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt	2016-11-16 20:24:17.000000000 +0000
+++ b/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-09 13:46:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -426,10 +426,11 @@ IF ( OPENVDB_BUILD_PYTHON_MODULE )
   ADD_TEST ( pytest ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python/test/TestOpenVDB.py )
   SET_TESTS_PROPERTIES ( pytest PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "PYTHONPATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
 
+  SET ( PYOENVDB_INSTALL_DIRECTORY  lib/python${OPENVDB_PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENVDB_PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR} CACHE STRING "The directory to install the pyopenvdb.so module.")
   INSTALL ( TARGETS
 	pyopenvdb
 	DESTINATION
-	lib/python${OPENVDB_PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}.${OPENVDB_PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR}
+	${PYOENVDB_INSTALL_DIRECTORY}
 	)
 
 ENDIF ( OPENVDB_BUILD_PYTHON_MODULE )