diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1bf5efec..aa83d2a1 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ What's New for OpenJPEG
 January 13, 2001
 + [rdieter] add pkg-config support to cmake
 ! [rdieter] adjust autotools pkg-config support to match
+* [rdieter] fix symlink creation (cmake)
 
 January 9, 2011 
 - [antonin] removed forgotten debug info in imagetopnm().
diff --git a/libopenjpeg/CMakeLists.txt b/libopenjpeg/CMakeLists.txt
index 39fb2a9a..bf9fb016 100644
--- a/libopenjpeg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libopenjpeg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ INSTALL(FILES openjpeg.h
   DESTINATION ${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR}/${subdir} COMPONENT Headers
 )
 INSTALL(CODE
-  "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink \$ENV{DESTDIR}\${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR}/${subdir}/openjpeg.h \$ENV{DESTDIR}\${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR}/openjpeg.h)")
+  "EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink \"${subdir}/openjpeg.h\" \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_INCLUDE_DIR}/openjpeg.h\")")
 
 # install man page of the library
 INSTALL(