diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 015e5a1..45c086f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ set(LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 
 message(USING Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
+set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
+set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH $ORIGIN)
+
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
 if (BUILD_TESTS)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index f5bacb3..b3dfa26 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
   Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Core
   Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Network)
 
-set(CMAKE_SKIP_BUILD_RPATH FALSE)
-set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
-set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH $ORIGIN)
-
 target_include_directories(${LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME}
     PRIVATE
         # where the library itself will look for its internal headers