diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a7d7a23816..665a5804f3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ if (TARGET zeek_lib)
     add_dependencies(zeek_lib zeek_autogen_files)
     set_target_properties(zeek_lib PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_NAME libzeek)
     if (NOT CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-        set_target_properties(zeek_lie PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY src)
+        set_target_properties(zeek_lib PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY src)
     endif ()
     install(TARGETS zeek_lib LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
     # Tell zeek_target_link_libraries to add library dependencies as PRIVATE.