diff --git a/build_files/cmake/Modules/GTestTesting.cmake b/build_files/cmake/Modules/GTestTesting.cmake
index 1c98a6456b8..a93e829e6b0 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/Modules/GTestTesting.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/Modules/GTestTesting.cmake
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ macro(BLENDER_SRC_GTEST_EX NAME SRC EXTRA_LIBS DO_ADD_TEST)
     if(WITH_OPENMP_STATIC)
       target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${OpenMP_LIBRARIES})
     endif()
+
+    get_property(GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
+    if(GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
+      string(REPLACE "\${BUILD_TYPE}" "$<CONFIG>" TEST_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+    else()
+      string(REPLACE "\${BUILD_TYPE}" "" TEST_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+    endif()
+
     set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES
                           RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY         "${TESTS_OUTPUT_DIR}"
                           RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE "${TESTS_OUTPUT_DIR}"
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d8a1390628..94b6e49181c 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #
 # Getting the install path of the executable is somewhat involved, as there are
 # no direct CMake generator expressions to get the install paths of executables.
+get_property(GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG GLOBAL PROPERTY GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
 if(GENERATOR_IS_MULTI_CONFIG)
   string(REPLACE "\${BUILD_TYPE}" "$<CONFIG>" TEST_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 else()