diff --git a/gdal/apps/GNUmakefile b/gdal/apps/GNUmakefile
index 57032ad23..66d55f537 100644
--- a/gdal/apps/GNUmakefile
+++ b/gdal/apps/GNUmakefile
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ gdal-config-inst:	gdal-config.in ../GDALmake.opt ./GNUmakefile ../VERSION
 
 
 install: default
-	for f in $(BIN_LIST) ; do $(INSTALL) $$f $(DESTDIR)$(INST_BIN) ; done
+	for f in $(BIN_LIST) ; do $(INSTALL) .libs/$$f $(DESTDIR)$(INST_BIN) ; done
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) gdal_utils.h $(DESTDIR)$(INST_INCLUDE)
 	$(INSTALL) gdal-config-inst $(DESTDIR)$(INST_BIN)/gdal-config