diff --git a/bootstrap.py b/bootstrap.py
index 03dd12d..191c13d 100755
--- a/bootstrap.py
+++ b/bootstrap.py
@@ -182,6 +182,11 @@ def gen_cmakelists(config, relative_path, list_of_modules):
     s.append('# places during configuration and build')
     s.append('find_package(PythonInterp REQUIRED)')
 
+    s.append('\n')
+    s.append('# default paths')
+    s.append('set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)')
+    s.append('set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/lib)')
+
     s.append('\n')
     s.append('# determine program version from file, example: "14.1"')
     s.append('# the reason why this information is stored')
@@ -208,6 +213,9 @@ def gen_cmakelists(config, relative_path, list_of_modules):
     for m in list_of_modules:
         s.append('include(%s)' % os.path.splitext(m)[0])
 
+    s.append('\n')
+    s.append('add_subdirectory(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)')
+
     return s