diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d7ab52856626136f155f831dcb2eb4d3586b4450..62e3363416cab5794d69e25e60d70852649fa2a4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -393,9 +393,18 @@ target_link_libraries(
   ${KOKKOS_CXX_FLAGS}
   ${OPENMP_LINK_FLAGS}
   ${PUGS_STD_LINK_FLAGS}
-)
+  )
 
-install(TARGETS pugs PugsMesh PugsUtils PugsLanguage
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+# ------------------- Installation --------------------
+# temporary version workaround
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.13.0")
+  install(TARGETS pugs
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+else()
+  install(TARGETS pugs PugsMesh PugsUtils PugsLanguage
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+endif()
diff --git a/src/language/CMakeLists.txt b/src/language/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a9e7547f454f11714e3487cc01390ea77142028..2c7d8dd1fea695edc3d689ec2b6f2dbacce61e44 100644
--- a/src/language/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/language/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,12 @@ add_library(
 
 # Additional dependencies
 #add_dependencies(PugsMesh)
+
+# ------------------- Installation --------------------
+# temporary version workaround
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.13.0")
+  install(TARGETS PugsLanguage
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+endif()
diff --git a/src/mesh/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mesh/CMakeLists.txt
index 117cdac4ecdc1867521b9cfe3c094565c37852c3..ec94fd4b755cf91b30928d9894e9f476860927c6 100644
--- a/src/mesh/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mesh/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,12 @@ include_directories(${PUGS_BINARY_DIR}/src/utils)
 
 # Additional dependencies
 #add_dependencies(PugsMesh)
+
+# ------------------- Installation --------------------
+# temporary version workaround
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.13.0")
+  install(TARGETS PugsMesh
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+endif()
diff --git a/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 59def1c2dd746c70799b67953ec260abc051d87a..df37bba9ebaab57c500db0fe93aab209d696535b 100644
--- a/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,3 +107,12 @@ configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pugs_config.hpp.in"
 configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pugs_build_info.hpp.in"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/pugs_build_info.hpp"
   @ONLY)
+
+# ------------------- Installation --------------------
+# temporary version workaround
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.13.0")
+  install(TARGETS PugsUtils
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION bin
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION lib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib)
+endif()