diff -up cmake-2.8.10.2/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx.usrmove cmake-2.8.10.2/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx
--- cmake-2.8.10.2/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx.usrmove	2012-11-27 06:26:33.000000000 -0700
+++ cmake-2.8.10.2/Source/cmExportInstallFileGenerator.cxx	2013-03-13 14:13:56.554281710 -0600
@@ -149,17 +149,35 @@ cmExportInstallFileGenerator
   const char* installDest = this->IEGen->GetDestination();
   if(!cmSystemTools::FileIsFullPath(installDest))
     {
-    std::string dest = installDest;
-    os << "# Compute the installation prefix relative to this file.\n"
-       << "GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_IMPORT_PREFIX "
-       << "\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}\" PATH)\n";
-    while(!dest.empty())
+    std::string installPrefix =
+      this->IEGen->GetMakefile()->GetSafeDefinition("CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX");
+    std::string absDest = installPrefix + "/" + installDest + "/";
+    if(strncmp(absDest.c_str(), "/lib/", 5) == 0 ||
+       strncmp(absDest.c_str(), "/lib64/", 7) == 0 ||
+       strncmp(absDest.c_str(), "/usr/lib/", 9) == 0 ||
+       strncmp(absDest.c_str(), "/usr/lib64/", 11) == 0)
       {
-      os <<
-        "GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(_IMPORT_PREFIX \"${_IMPORT_PREFIX}\" PATH)\n";
-      dest = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(dest);
+      // Assume this is a build for system package installation rather than a
+      // relocatable distribution.  Use an absolute prefix because some Linux
+      // distros symlink /lib to /usr/lib which confuses the relative path
+      // computation below if we generate for /lib under one prefix and but the
+      // file is loaded from another.
+      os << "set(_IMPORT_PREFIX \"" << installPrefix << "\")\n";
+      }
+    else
+      {
+      std::string dest = installDest;
+      os << "# Compute the installation prefix relative to this file.\n"
+         << "get_filename_component(_IMPORT_PREFIX "
+         << "\"${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}\" PATH)\n";
+      while(!dest.empty())
+        {
+        os <<
+         "get_filename_component(_IMPORT_PREFIX \"${_IMPORT_PREFIX}\" PATH)\n";
+        dest = cmSystemTools::GetFilenamePath(dest);
+        }
+      os << "\n";
       }
-    os << "\n";
 
     // Import location properties may reference this variable.
     this->ImportPrefix = "${_IMPORT_PREFIX}/";
diff -up cmake-2.8.10.2/Source/cmInstallExportGenerator.h.usrmove cmake-2.8.10.2/Source/cmInstallExportGenerator.h
--- cmake-2.8.10.2/Source/cmInstallExportGenerator.h.usrmove	2012-11-27 06:26:33.000000000 -0700
+++ cmake-2.8.10.2/Source/cmInstallExportGenerator.h	2013-03-13 14:11:17.972077264 -0600
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ public:
 
   cmExportSet* GetExportSet() {return this->ExportSet;}
 
+  cmMakefile* GetMakefile() const { return this->Makefile; }
+
   const std::string& GetNamespace() const { return this->Namespace; }
 
 protected: