diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d7a667bdbf7bfd59b82091359f27f700d7c5898e..f3f9d4a7e3a06de28207dbbafbd6a8753e356495 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ package-debian-job:
     - DEB_BUILD_DIR="verapdf_${VERAPDF_VERSION}-${REVISION}_${ARCHITECTURE}"
     - mkdir -p ${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/DEBIAN
     # copy project files to be packaged
-    - mkdir -p ${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/usr/local/
-    - cp -r /usr/local/verapdf ${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/usr/local/
+    - mkdir -p "${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/${INSTALL_PATH_VERAPDF_DEB}"
+    - cp -r "${INSTALL_PATH_VERAPDF_DEB}" "${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/${INSTALL_PATH_VERAPDF_DEB}/.."
     # create deb control file from template
     - sed "s#VERSION_PLACEHOLDER#${VERAPDF_VERSION}-${REVISION}#g" gitlab-ci/verapdf.control > "${DEB_BUILD_DIR}/DEBIAN/control"
     # add checksums