The install_name of a library can be compared to the ELF soname, setting it to just the library name (libx.1.dylib) is not sufficient on Mach-O, as it uses full paths. Most apps have no clue about that, so they don't do something like http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2006-June/009758.html Provide a sane default that will allow merging most cmake-based packages. If this location is not correct, Portage's QA checks will catch that. --- Source/cmTarget.cxx +++ Source/cmTarget.cxx @@ -974,7 +974,7 @@ this->Makefile->IsOn("MINGW")); // Setup default property values. - this->SetPropertyDefault("INSTALL_NAME_DIR", ""); + this->SetPropertyDefault("INSTALL_NAME_DIR", "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib"); this->SetPropertyDefault("INSTALL_RPATH", ""); this->SetPropertyDefault("INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH", "OFF"); this->SetPropertyDefault("SKIP_BUILD_RPATH", "OFF");