diff --git a/utils.cmake b/utils.cmake
index d42646c..d5e20af 100644
--- a/utils.cmake
+++ b/utils.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ function(setup_project)
         cmake_policy(SET CMP0141 NEW)
     endif()
     # Introduced by CMP0141.
-    if(MSVC AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT)
+    if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT)
         set(CMAKE_MSVC_DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT "$<$<CONFIG:Debug,RelWithDebInfo>:ProgramDatabase>" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
     # Improve language standard and extension selection.
@@ -76,16 +76,16 @@ function(setup_project)
         cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW)
     endif()
     # Introduced by CMP0091.
-    if(MSVC AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY)
+    if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY)
         set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>DLL" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
     # Add correct link flags for PIE (Position Independent Executable).
     if(POLICY CMP0083)
         cmake_policy(SET CMP0083 NEW)
     endif()
-    #if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-    #    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    #endif()
+    if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
+        set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
     if(PROJ_ARGS_ENABLE_LTO)
         # MinGW has many bugs when LTO is enabled, and they are all very
         # hard to workaround, so just don't enable LTO at all for MinGW.
@@ -105,14 +105,15 @@ function(setup_project)
             endif()
         endif()
     endif()
+    include(GNUInstallDirs)
     if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-        set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin" PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
     if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-        set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib" PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
     if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-        set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib" PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()
     set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON PARENT_SCOPE)
     set(CMAKE_LINK_DEPENDS_NO_SHARED ON PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -120,6 +121,12 @@ function(setup_project)
     include(CheckPIESupported)
     check_pie_supported() # This function must be called to ensure CMake adds -fPIE to the linker flags.
     set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    if(APPLE)
+        set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+    else()
+        set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "$ORIGIN/../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
     if(PROJ_ARGS_QT_PROJECT)
         set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON PARENT_SCOPE)
         set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON PARENT_SCOPE)