diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 find_package(KF5CoreAddons ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 
-set(KAUTH_HELPER_INSTALL_DIR "${KDE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR}/kauth")
+option(KAUTH_HELPER_INSTALL_DIR "Set directory for kauth helper tool" "${KDE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR}/kauth")
 
 if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${KAUTH_HELPER_INSTALL_DIR})
     set(KAUTH_HELPER_INSTALL_ABSOLUTE_DIR ${KAUTH_HELPER_INSTALL_DIR})