diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b444c292e..0200a56df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ option(ENABLE_STATIC "Compile static libraries (.a on Linux)" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_SHARED "Compile shared libraries (.so on Linux)" ON)
 option(SWIG_EXPORT "Export SWIG" OFF)
 option(SWIG_IMPORT "Import SWIG" OFF)
+option(RELOCATABLE "Avoid any usage of absolute paths" ON)
 
 # enabling OpenMP support if requested
 option(WITH_OPENMP "Compile with parallelization support using OpenMP" OFF)
diff --git a/casadi/CMakeLists.txt b/casadi/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c803afc0..bd408fdd6 100644
--- a/casadi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/casadi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -141,10 +141,16 @@ if(NOT SKIP_CONFIG_H_GENERATION)
 
   # See issue #3831, RELOCATABILITY
   set(CASADI_CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
-  if(CASADI_CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES "shims")
+  if(CASADI_CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES "shims" OR RELOCATABLE)
     get_filename_component(CASADI_CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} NAME)
   endif()
 
+  if(RELOCATABLE)
+    set(CASADI_INSTALL_PREFIX "")
+  else()
+    set(CASADI_INSTALL_PREFIX ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
+  endif()
+
   configure_file(config.h.cmake "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h" ESCAPE_QUOTES)
 endif()
 install(FILES casadi.hpp mem.h casadi_c.h "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h"
diff --git a/casadi/config.h.cmake b/casadi/config.h.cmake
index 2b805aede..3a4795eb2 100644
--- a/casadi/config.h.cmake
+++ b/casadi/config.h.cmake
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #define CASADI_COMPILER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_${UPPER_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}} ${EXTRA_CXX_FLAGS_FROM_DEFS}"  // NOLINT(whitespace/line_length)
 #define CASADI_MODULES "${CASADI_MODULES}"  // NOLINT(whitespace/line_length)
 #define CASADI_PLUGINS "${CASADI_PLUGINS}"  // NOLINT(whitespace/line_length)
-#define CASADI_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}"  // NOLINT(whitespace/line_length)
+#define CASADI_INSTALL_PREFIX "${CASADI_INSTALL_PREFIX}"  // NOLINT(whitespace/line_length)
 #define CASADI_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX}"  // NOLINT(whitespace/line_length)
 #define CASADI_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"  // NOLINT(whitespace/line_length)
 #define CASADI_OBJECT_FILE_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_C_OUTPUT_EXTENSION}"  // NOLINT(whitespace/line_length)