diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e07abf..13482c9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(cmfrec PUBLIC ${union_list})
 
 # Public header with the data types substituted according to what was built
-configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cmfrec.h.in cmfrec.h @ONLY)
+configure_file(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cmfrec.h.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmfrec.h @ONLY)
 set_target_properties(cmfrec PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cmfrec.h SOVERSION 3 VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})
 
 # Install target