diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b5dcdbb47..faa03d814 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ configure_file(${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/files/plugins.cfg.win32
     "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/plugins.cfg" COPYONLY)
 else (WIN32)
 configure_file(${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/files/plugins.cfg.linux
-    "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/plugins.cfg" COPYONLY)
+    "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/plugins.cfg")
 endif (WIN32)
 
 configure_file(${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/files/openmw.cfg
diff --git a/files/plugins.cfg.linux b/files/plugins.cfg.linux
index 57ec54e1a..59d456be7 100644
--- a/files/plugins.cfg.linux
+++ b/files/plugins.cfg.linux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Defines plugins to load
 
 # Define plugin folder
-PluginFolder=/usr/local/lib/OGRE/
+PluginFolder=${OGRE_LIB_DIR}
 
 # Define plugins
 Plugin=RenderSystem_GL