diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1050edc6d..75a1a0c9f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ set(MAGNUM_LIBRARY_SOVERSION 2)
 # <CONFIG>/lib/magnum/importers/ instead of lib/magnum/importers/<CONFIG>. Also
 # adding this to cache, making superprojects pick that up implicitly as well,
 # without forcing them to explicitly mirror this setting.
-if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
     set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/bin CACHE PATH "" FORCE)
     set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/lib CACHE PATH "" FORCE)
     set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/$<CONFIG>/lib CACHE PATH "" FORCE)