diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 76babf2..2ad92d7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS("-DHAVE_CONFIG_H")
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 
 # make it easy to locate CMake modules for finding libraries
-SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/")
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/modules/")
 
 # Options
 option (LIBNFC_LOG "Enable log facility (errors, warning, info and debug messages)" ON)