diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 44d51527bf2e44df231d6755330a53923bd67b46..d48ae4d8f80f55f5de7587fff1e5c722619b7650 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ add_subdirectory(lib/paho.mqtt.c ${CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX})
 
 # for clion (on maybe catkin-make) change the C library location to
 # ${CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX}/lib/libpaho-mqtt3a.so
-set(PAHO_MQTT_C_LIBRARIES "${CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX}/src/libpaho-mqtt3a.so")
+set(PAHO_MQTT_C_LIBRARIES "${CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX}/lib/libpaho-mqtt3a.so")
 set(PAHO_MQTT_C_INCLUDE_DIRS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/paho.mqtt.c/src")
 
 add_subdirectory(lib/paho.mqtt.cpp)