diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/rlottie/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/rlottie/default.nix
index 3d4e8a5a66411..cbc46f819e5f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/rlottie/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/rlottie/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 , stdenv
 , fetchFromGitHub
 , fetchpatch
-, meson
+, cmake
 , ninja
 , pkg-config
 }:
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     })
   ];
 
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ meson ninja pkg-config ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja pkg-config ];
+
+  cmakeFlags = [
+    (lib.cmakeFeature "LIB_INSTALL_DIR" "${placeholder "out"}/lib")
+  ];
 
   env.NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = lib.optionalString (stdenv.isDarwin && stdenv.isAarch64) "-U__ARM_NEON__";