diff --git a/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
index 94d580a122..3963558d15 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/matlab/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ add_dependencies(${the_module} ${the_module}_sources ${${the_module}_ACTUAL_DEPS
 file(GLOB MATLAB_FUNCTIONS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/*.${MATLAB_MEXEXT}")
 file(GLOB MATLAB_CLASSES   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/+cv/*.m")
 file(GLOB MATLAB_PRIVATE   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/private/*.${MATLAB_MEXEXT}")
-install(DIRECTORY   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/
+install(DIRECTORY   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/+cv/
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/matlab/+cv
         FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.${MATLAB_MEXEXT}"
 )
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ install(DIRECTORY   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/+cv/
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/matlab/+cv
         FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.m"
 )
-install(DIRECTORY   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src/private/
+install(DIRECTORY   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/+cv/private/
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/matlab/+cv/private
         FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.${MATLAB_MEXEXT}"
 )
diff --git a/modules/matlab/compile.cmake b/modules/matlab/compile.cmake
index 991ce4f278..0d9139333c 100644
--- a/modules/matlab/compile.cmake
+++ b/modules/matlab/compile.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ foreach(SOURCE_FILE ${SOURCE_FILES})
     execute_process(
         COMMAND ${MATLAB_MEX_SCRIPT} ${MEX_OPTS} ${MEX_INCLUDE_DIRS_LIST} 
                 ${MEX_LIB_DIR} ${MEX_LIBS} ${SOURCE_FILE}
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/src
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/+cv
         ERROR_VARIABLE FAILED
     )
     # TODO: If a mex file fails to cmpile, should we error out?